You spent years working for your employer, always striving to meet your goals and do an excellent job. Over the last year, though, the physical labor started getting more difficult. You were always out of breath. Eventually, it got so bad that you couldn’t even work...
4 things employees need to know about their ERISA benefits
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is designed to protect your retirement assets. Without this, there could be a potential for fiduciaries to take advantage of plans, misusing or spending down funds. Every employee who has an ERISA-covered plan should...
How could you be denied disability benefits when you have cancer?
A cancer diagnosis is shocking for anybody, especially if their early symptoms are mild. Before you even have time to recover your emotional footing, however, you suddenly have to manage doctor visits, treatments and new medications -- all the while feeling like you...
Think you may need to file for disability? Ask yourself these 3 questions
You were smart: You invested in your employer’s long-term disability insurance option when you first started working, even though you were young and healthy at the time. You’re still young -- but not quite so healthy. You think it may be time to file for disability...
How does your long-term disability policy define “disability”?
Most long-term disability (LTD) policies are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- but that doesn’t mean that they’re all alike. In fact, one of the smartest things you can do before you try to file a claim is to make certain that you...
Common reasons that companies deny ERISA disability claims
Long-term disability benefits claims are among the most expensive for insurance companies to pay. An individual with a permanent disability may require hundreds of thousands of dollars of support over the course of their life between lost wages and medical expenses....
Why might you have to fight for your disability benefits?
Some individuals count on long-term disability policies to provide them with benefits if they are unable to work. Unfortunately, these are sometimes very difficult to obtain because they might be covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Not all...
Can you get disability benefits for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is one of those strange disorders that you’ve probably never heard of -- until you’re diagnosed with it. EDS is actually a group of genetic disorders that involve your body’s connective tissue. Since your connective tissue supports the...
What is ERISA and how does it apply to me?
ERISA. It’s a term you have probably seen before, likely when reading about certain employer-provided benefits such as long-term disability insurance. For most people, ERISA doesn’t seem like something they need to think about. In reality, ERISA impacts the life of...
How to cope with the denial of your short-term disability claim
Disability benefits protect you from the financial hardship that could result from an illness or injury. Most people know about long-term disability insurance as an option to protect them from a protracted absence from work due to health reasons or an injury. Quite a...
