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25 Aug, 2006 1:00 am
In Poniewierski v. Unum Life Assurance Company of
America, 2006 WL 2385045 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 17, 2006), an ERISA disability lawsuit, the federal district court held in favor of the
insurance carrier, Unum Life. The plaintiff, Mark
Poniewierski, sustained injuries at work while attempting to lift steel ... plan did not cover injuries caused by work-related injuries. Poniewierski filed suit against Unum Life, arguing that he was entitled to long-term disability benefits and that Unum acted ...
9 Jul, 2008 10:43 pm
... claims for their clients. The consumer rights organization, American Association of Justice, released the comprehensive report, The Ten Worst Insurance Companies in America: How They Raise Premiums, Deny Claims, and Refuse Insurance to Those Who Need ... 3. Establish an Insurance Consumer Advocate The remainder of the top 10 list of
worst insurance companies for consumers is rounded out by the following: UNUM, - Disability
Insurance, Life insurance, supplemental and accident
insurance AIG, - Auto ...
11 Jul, 2008 4:37 pm
... Worst Insurance Companies in America: How They Raise Premiums, Deny Claims, and Refuse
Insurance to Those Who Need It Most." The top ten list includes Allstate, UNUM, ... documents,
materials uncovered from litigation and discovery, testimony, complaints filed with state insurance departments, SEC and FBI records, and news
accounts were reviewed ... and denied: Over the last 10 years, the property / casualty and life / health insurance industries have each enjoyed annual profits exceeding $30 billion. ...
9 Jul, 2008 12:15 pm
Today the American Assoication for Justice (AAJ - formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) released a list of the worst
insurers for consumers. The list is a result of a study done by AAJ. At the top of that list was Allstate. The list encompasses ... ducks, bobs and weaves to avoid paying claims
to increase its profits." Allstate (NYSE: ALL) set the standard for insurance company greed and
placing profits over policyholders. Allstate contracted with consulting giant McKinsey & Co. ...
22 Jul 9:41 am
... a range of different insurance fields (auto, health, life, homeowners, and disability
insurers) as being the ten worst insurance companies in America: Allstate
Unum AIG State Farm Conseco WellPoint Farmers UnitedHealth Torchmark Liberty Mutual ... of money they pay towards claims. It is this insistence
on not adhering to the requirements of the law and obligations toward their insureds that keeps civil trial attorneys, such as myself, in business. Although the AAJ has
identified the above insurance ...
14 Aug, 2008 6:43 pm
... concerted efforts to put profits over policyholders has earned its place as the worst insurance company in America. According to CEO Thomas Wilson, Allstate's mission is clear: "our obligation ... three years of
negative performance as a result. According to the report, the ten worst insurance companies are: 1. Allstate 2. Unum 3. AIG 4. State Farm 5. Conseco 6 ... an average $8.9 million in 2007. The CEOs of the top 10 life and health
insurance companies earned even more-an average $9.1 million. And for ...
13 Oct, 2008 11:39 am
... AAJ) undertook a comprehensive investigation of thousands of court documents, SEC and FBI records, state insurance department
investigations and complaints, news accounts from across the country, and the testimony and depositions of ... and auto insurers, health insurers, life insurers, and disability insurers. Their ranking of the 10 Worst Insurance Companies in
America came out as follows: 1. Allstate 2. Unum 3. AIG 4. State Farm 5. Conseco 6. WellPoint 7.
Farmers 8. UnitedHealth 9. Torchmark 10. ...
13 Jul, 2008 12:51 am
... others and thus became the titleholder of the worst insurance company in America: Allstate. The rest of the top 10 were as follows: Unum, AIG, State Farm, Conseco, WellPoint, ... report
includes some eye-popping statistics regarding the enormous profits reaped by the insurance industry and the huge reductions in claims
payments: over $1 trillion in premiums ... has averaged annual profits of $30 billion the last 10 years the life and health insurance agency has also averaged annual profits of $30 billion ...
15 May, 2008 5:07 am
... Plaintiffs filed a putative class action lawsuit against Unum Provident Corporation, Unum
Life Insurance Company of America, First Unum Life Insurance Company and Colonial ... ") alleging violations of ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act).
Loughman v. Unum Provident Corp., 530 F.Supp.2d 1121, 2008 WL 515916, ... establishing an elimination period." Id. The second amended class
action complaint alleged that Unum improperly terminated long-term disability (LTD) benefits and wrongfully withheld ...
5 May 4:23 am
In Chronister v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 07-3552 (8th Cir. 2009), the court ended over a dozen years of benefit claims and litigation
in holding that Unum must pay an employee's disability benefits. The employee had been a nurse at Baptist Health ... by the Social Security
Administration that the employee was disabled. Weighing these factors, the Court concluded that Unum's decision to deny the employee's claim
for continued disability benefit payments was an abuse ...
17 Aug 5:41 am
... A Record To Support An Insurer's Decision To Deny Benefits In Holcomb v. Unum Life
Insurance Company of America, No. 08-6183 (10th Cir. 2009),
the plaintiff, a participant in her employer's insured long-term disability plan ... an insurer may take steps and build the administrative record to support its decision
to deny benefits. In this case, the Plan gave the insurer the discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits and to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan.
Therefore, ...
1 Jan 12:32 pm
... faith contract misinterpretations, and other unscrupulous tactics." Radford Trust v. First Unum Life Ins. Co., 321 F. Supp. 2d 226, 247 (D. Mass. 2004 ... news pieces on "60 Minutes" and "Dateline," that included harsh words for the company. Id. at 248-49. First Unum has fared no better in legal academia. See John H ... Cigna's unscrupulous
disability claim denial tactics were the subject of a recent series of stories on Good Morning America. As Professor Langbein so acutely
observed in his article on ...
21 Jan 2:59 pm
... . His most recent verdict was in a case involving Dollar General. The website is one that sets out what to do when a claim has been denied. These include disability claims involving
UNUM, as well as: • UNUM Life Insurance Company of America • Paul Revere Life Insurance Company • ... • Provident Life and Casualty Insurance Company I'll be watching the site, and perhaps
assisting folks in MD, VA, DC and the Atlantic States. Joey James filed a retaliatory discharge claim against an ...
21 Jan 2:59 pm
... . His most recent verdict was in a case involving Dollar General. The website is one that sets out what to do when a claim has been denied. These include disability claims involving
UNUM, as well as: • UNUM Life Insurance Company of America • Paul Revere Life Insurance Company • ... • Provident Life and Casualty Insurance Company I'll be watching the site, and perhaps
assisting folks in MD, VA, DC and the Atlantic States. Joey James filed a retaliatory discharge claim against an ...
28 Aug, 2006 11:03 pm
... . He eventually left his job as a materials manager for Johnson Controls, Inc. Holoubek engaged in a lengthy battle with Unum
Life Insurance Company of America, the plan administrator, over his entitlement to benefits. Unum paid Holoubek for over ... limitations.
Holoubek submitted several internal appeals before filing suit in federal court. The court held that Unum's termination of benefits was
arbitrary and capricious. It reasoned that the contents of the record at the time of the initial denial ...
27 Aug, 2006 11:01 pm
... . After exhausting the internal appeals process, O'Rear sued the insurer. (The case caption identifies the defendant as "Unum
Life Insurance Company of America," but the opinion refers to the defendant as "Paul Revere Life Insurance Company.") The ... "physical functional ability within the expected range for his [O'Rear's] clinical
history." As a result, the insurer determined that there was inadequate evidence to reverse its decision. Based on the contents of the claims file, the court summarily ...
20 Aug, 2006 1:00 am
David Kellebrew was covered by a group disability policy issued to his employer by Unum Life
Insurance Company of America. ERISA governed the policy,
which gave discretion to Unum to determine eligibility for benefits and interpret plan terms. Kellebrew alleged...
27 Jun, 2007 12:07 pm
Radford Trust v. First Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 06-1992. This is an ERISA case. Normally I don't like reading pure ERISA cases (sorry,
Stephan). But, this one concerns something of more general applicability, "the district court's determination of the date on which postjudgment interest on an award of benefits would
begin, and the effect of this determination on the court's discretionary decision to award prejudgment interest." While the court ...
15 Nov, 2007 1:39 am
... Privileges Denied New York City Transit Authority v. Transport Workers Union of America Subscription Required QUEENS COUNTY Real Property
Closing Directed or Down Payment Forfeited; ... Required NASSAU COUNTY Real Property Homeowner Granted Summary Judgment On Liability for Title Company's Failure to Pay Taxes Gluck v. First Equity Abstract Corp. ... for Disability Benefits Paid While Receiving Social Security First Unum Life Insurance Co. v. Wulah Subscription Required U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN ...
10 Jul, 2008 6:46 pm
... offer participants the option of having an independent physician review a denial of coverage "regulates insurance"); UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Ward, 526 U.S. 358, 364, 119 ... plan administrator. As the Court held, "Even if Sgro
did ask MetLife for the records, that company can't be liable under section 1132(c)(1). That section only gives ... claims materials from the
plan administrator (the employer). The case is Sgro v. Danone Waters of North America, Inc., 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 13973 (9th Cir. Jul. ...
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