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Year: 2018
What is a life insurance contestability period?
Life insurance is an important precaution that can be of immense help to beneficiaries at a difficult time in their lives. The last thing you want to hear when you are in the position of having to make a claim is that the insurer is delaying or even flat-out denying...
What to do if your long-term disability claim is denied
If you have been diagnosed with a chronic condition that makes it difficult for you to continue working, you may rely on your long-term disability benefits to make ends meet. When you file a claim for long-term disability, the claim administrator over your case will...
Examples of bad faith insurance tactics
If you live in Texas and experience a car accident, develop a medical condition or otherwise have cause to file a claim with your insurance company, you may be counting on the entity to provide you with what you need to move forward. Regrettably, however, insurance...
How can you fight an auto insurance claim denial?
If you, like many others across Texas, have ever filed an auto insurance claim after a car accident only to receive a denial in response, you probably understand all too well just how infuriating this can be. Expecting to receive a certain amount of money after your...
3 things you should know about ERISA
If you have filed a claim with your health insurance only to have it denied, you know just how frustrating it is to face this situation. There is a myriad of reasons this might occur, but the result may leave you feeling as though you have hit a dead end. Many...
Tips for avoiding a heath insurance claim denial
If you are a Texas resident who has ever had the unfortunate experience of having your health insurance claim denied, you may know full well just how anxiety-inducing this can be. An unexpected claim denial can leave you facing massive medical bills, leaving you in...
What COBRA and ERISA mean for employees
Anyone who has received health insurance benefits from an employer in Texas has probably benefited — indirectly, at least — from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Some have also taken advantage of a prominent amendment to this...
The importance of disability insurance riders
An insurance rider is like a valuable feature added on to an automobile. While all automobiles can carry you from one location to another, you would not settle for just any vehicle from the lot. Instead, you would shop for the Texas automobile that matches...
The facts about independent medical examinations
One way insurance companies may try to turn you down for an injury claim is to say that whatever injuries you have sustained are either exaggerated, misdiagnosed, or do not exist. Showing the results of medical exams from your Texas doctor that prove you...