Can you be fired or fired for long-term disability? Yes, but it’s a much more complicated process than just shooting. Guidelines vary by province or territory. In Ontario, for example, an employer can fire an employee on long-term leave if it is “unlikely” to return to work. The reason is …
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H. Dennis Beaver: Disability Insurance Companies Avoid Payments Due | Opinion
There are people across the country reading the story today who have a strong presence on Facebook and other social media, which puts them at risk of losing thousands of dollars every year, just like you. will see it in a moment. But first, let me tell you about “Andy,” …
Read More »Help apply for Social Security disability benefits
Social Security pays benefits to people with disabilities through two separate programs, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Applying for either can be complicated and time-consuming, requiring detailed documentation of the applicant’s medical condition (and, in the case of SSI, the individual’s finances and living conditions). …
Read More »Social Security Mental Illness and Disability Benefits
The Blue Book, Social Security’s manual for assessing disability claims, lists 11 types of what it calls “mental disorders” among the conditions that medically qualify adults to receive state disability insurance. Social Security (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). It is important to note that not all are generally considered …
Read More »What automatically qualifies you for disability benefits
This question doesn’t have a definitive answer, but the closest thing you’ll find is the Social Security Blue Book. This online compendium, also known as the Social Security Disability Assessment, lists the physical and mental health conditions that automatically qualify you as meeting the medical requirements for disability insurance. Social …
Read More »Standard recognizes Daniel Steenerson with National Disability Insurance Leadership Award
PORTLAND, Oregon – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) –Standard insurance company (The Standard) presented Daniel C. Steenerson, CLU, ChFC, RHU, and his agency, Disability Insurance Services, Inc., with its Best National Disability Insurance Leadership Award for 2020. The award goes to the general agency that Most Selling Individual Disability Insurance For The Standard. …
Read More »Which automatically qualifies you for disability benefits
This question doesn’t have a definitive answer, but the closest thing you’ll find is the Social Security Blue Book. This online compendium, also known as the Social Security Disability Assessment, lists physical and mental health conditions that automatically qualify you as being medically eligible for disability insurance. Social Security (SSDI) …
Read More »Asteya offers disability insurance protection to workers in concert
By its nature, concert work is not full time. This makes insurance more difficult and certainly more expensive. According to Statistical, only 4% of millennials had access to employer-sponsored short- or long-term disability plans. The numbers for baby boomers were not much better, reaching 3% for short-term disability and 5% …
Read More »Disability insurance trends in 2021
SALT LAKE CITY, March 18, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the importance of disability insurance, a social benefit that often goes unnoticed. Jeff Brunken, a disability industry veteran and chairman of senior national insurance program manager MGIS, believes disability insurance will have …
Read More »Insured is no longer entitled to long-term disability benefits because she can return to work: court
In February 2014, the Defendant informed the Plaintiff that she was suspending the payment of her own occupation benefits because she had not provided the updated medical reports as requested in a September 2013 letter. Despite this, the defendant continued to pay benefits until May 2014. Upon completion of the …
Read More »COVID ‘long-haul’ and the battle for disability benefits
Tens of millions of Americans have private disability coverage, most often as part of their employment benefits – and some will rely on them during the lengthy recovery from COVID. Rickie Andersen took a brief break from work in March after falling ill. Her cough, fever and chills were typical …
Read More »The COVID-19 “long-haul” battle for disability benefits
Rickie Andersen took a brief break from work in March 2020 after falling ill. Her cough, fever and chills were typical symptoms of COVID-19, but coronavirus tests were so rare that she was unable to obtain one to confirm the diagnosis. After Andersen returned to her job as an information …
Read More »For ‘long haulers’ of COVID, fight for disability benefits adds to worsening burnout
Rickie Andersen took a brief break from work in March after falling ill. Her cough, fever and chills were typical symptoms of covid-19, but coronavirus tests were so rare that she couldn’t get one to confirm the diagnosis. After Andersen returned to her job as an information systems project manager …
Read More »4 reasons why disability insurance should be on every broker’s radar in 2021
16 The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the importance of disability insurance, a social benefit that often goes unnoticed. The possibility of becoming disabled and unable to work is not a priority for most people. They generally think of a disability as something resulting from an accident and …
Read More »Backlash intensifies over ‘independent assessments’ of disability plan | National invalidity insurance scheme
The Morrison government is facing a growing backlash from the disability community over a plan to introduce “independent assessments” into the national disability insurance system by mid-year. Under the current process, applicants submit evidence from experts, including their specialists, and these reports are assessed by the National Invalidity Insurance Agency. …
Read More »Long-haul COVIDs struggle to get disability insurance
Much research is still being done on the long-term side effects of COVID-19, but survivors are now seeking answers as some struggle to obtain long-term disability insurance. “No one has answers, and it’s terrifying because no one understands it,” said Connie Hallet, a COVID-19 survivor who still shows symptoms of …
Read More »Five facts about what is short-term disability insurance?
Sometimes taking time off work to sit at home and watch television counts as an excused absence. But these situations are not the stuff dreams are made of. If you’re home with your feet up in the middle of the workday without penalty, chances are you’re suffering from a short-term …
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