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Sort by date 2,500 pages found matching insurance- Medical Lien Funding: What It Is and Why You Need It
Dec-14-14 Farmington Hills, MI Okay, so what is medical lien funding anyway. How does it differ from pre-settlement legal funding and how does it apply to you? Well first, we have to talk about the issues at play, and that usually involves an accident in which you are injured through the alleged fault of another party. Someone rear-ended your car while they were... - Doctors Say Health Insurers Dictate Medication Decisions
Drug Costs a Key Factor Physicians across the US are complaining that health insurance companies are mandating which medications they can prescribe, which effectively mandates the decision-making process. Some doctors have reported being bullied by insurance companies, forcing them to prescribe generic medications to patients, because of the costs. The... - Home Warranty Complaints Top Popular Online Resource
Oct-28-14 Toronto, ON Most people know Angie’s List as a straight-up and popular resource for getting the scoop on service providers: which ones are good, and those you may want to avoid based on member reviews and other criteria. And members have a lot to say about home warranty insurance . A common theme appears to be that home warranty companies will... - Insurance for Eating Disorder Treatment Basis for Lawsuits
Families Resorting to Lawsuits, Even When They Have Health Insurance Families with children who have eating disorders are resorting to lawsuits to get their health insurers to cover the costs of the associated medical treatment. In many states the law does not require that health insurers cover these costs, but instead cover the costs of treating ment... - Insurance companies to pay over $2.1 million settlement in claims lawsuit.
Stamford, CT: (May-16-08) The state of Connecticut brought charges against John Alden Life and Time Insurance, two health insurers, alleging that they violated federal laws when they processed claims involving pre-existing health conditions. Federal officials said that the suit was a result of a state led investigation into the business practices of John... - Nurse Says Unum Ordered Her Back to Work, but She Might Kill Someone!
Oct-5-14 Richmond, VA Constance worked as a nurse for 32 years, until her fibromyalgia caused her to make errors on patients’ hospital charts. HR at the hospital contacted Unum, or Unum Provident on her behalf and, to make a long story short, Constance began collecting Unum long term disability (LTD) payments. According to Constance, Unum told HR that... - Predatory ER Overcharges and Hospital Overbilling Has to Stop
Oct-3-14 Atlantis, FL With hospitals, you really have to wonder if the inmates are running the penitentiary. Or at the very least, the business office. With no disrespect to the skilled doctors and nurses who are on the front lines in the emergency rooms of the nation, and against sometimes formidable odds calmly patching up our various hurts in the midst of consta... - Minivan driver to pay $536,837 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Portland, ME: (May-05-08) Wilmot Lewis, husband of 78-year-old Ethel, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Lori Marston, the driver whose minivan hit Ethel Lewis, killing her. Records of the incident show that the crash initially described by the police to be a hit-and-run, but prosecutors later determined that Marston did stop and render assistance... - Ullico to pay $20 million settlement in insurance lawsuit.
Washington, DC: (Apr-28-08) The US Labor Department brought charges against Ullico Inc. which sparked off an investigation into the company's employee benefit plan. The complaint stated that the company self-dealt with the employee benefit plan, which resulted in the union-owned insurance holding company suffering huge losses. Ullico was first cited in M... - New Jersey Sues Home Warranty Insurance Provider
Sep-19-14 Edison, NJ While the insurance industry may tell you they suffer from a bum rap from consumers who constantly complain about claim denials, the existence of so many examples to the contrary suggesting a reputation for serial denials after happily collecting premiums is more than just a perception. Home warranty insurance is one sector where many exampl... - Bentleyville to pay $110,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit.
Bentleyville, OH: (Apr-17-08) Police Sgt. Scott Gessic brought a lawsuit against the village of Bentleyville and new Mayor Leonard Spremulli, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated. The suit was filed in both federal and common pleas court, following Gessic's removal. Village records indicate that the Village Council voted 5-1 Sep. 19, 2007, to dismi... - Acuity Insurance to pay $500,000 settlement in bicycle accident lawsuit.
Madison, WI: (Apr-11-08) G. Vaughn Stone brought a lawsuit against Acuity Insurance, alleging that the insurer refused to cover liability in a bike accident. The suit claimed that Stone had insurance through Acuity when he was hit by a van while riding his bike, leaving him severely injured. Records show that as a result of the crash, Stone suffered mult... - Denied Disability Lawsuit Filed
Sep-10-14 Honolulu, HI The mother of a young boy with autism has reportedly filed a denied disability lawsuit against Hawaii’s Department of Human Services alleging her son has been denied important treatments that would help him with his autism. The lawsuit is not the first to be filed alleging people with autism are treated improperly when it comes to in... - MEGA Life & Health to pay $5.6 million settlement in insurance lawsuit.
Portland, ME: (Apr-04-08) State regulators brought charges against MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co., a unit of specialty insurer HealthMarkets, alleging that the unit overcharged customers in Maine from 2004 to 2007. The company is a division of North Richland Hills-based HealthMarkets, formerly known as UICI, which sells individual health insurance po... - Unum Denies and Policyholders in Denial
Sep-7-14 Chattanooga,TN Many policyholders collecting long-term disability benefits with Unum insurance are sadly surprised when Unum reduces their checks each month by the amount they receive from Social Security benefits - which Unum demanded they apply for. And some policyholders don’t want to give up that lump sum of back pay from Social Security. But... - CEO Severance, Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. agrees to pay former employee $7.15 million settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-23-08) Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. (MMC) has been locked in a legal battle with Michael Cherkasky, the executive they brought in to broker a costly legal settlement in 2005, over severance issues related to his resignation. Records show that the former prosecutor, who was head of MMC corporate unit Kroll Inc., before being tapped for the... - Bad Faith Insurance, Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. agrees to $13 million personal automobile liability insurance settlement
Birmingham, AL: (Feb-11-08) A national provider of personal automobile insurance, Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, brought charges against one of its insurance company subsidiaries, accusing them of bad faith in the handling of a 1993 Florida personal automobile liability claim. Sources close to the case revealed that the related parties had c... - Attorney Helps Win Denied Disability Appeal, with Back Pay
Aug-4-14 Vancouver, WA When Cigna denied Janet’s Washington disability claim , she appealed, twice. The third time she hired a disability attorney and was reinstated, along with several months of back pay, and more. Janet (not her real name) had a Cigna short-term disability claim, but just one month after receiving her first check, Cigna required J... - Insurance Practices, AIG pays nine states $12.5 million settlement related to producer compensation and insurance placement
Washington, DC: (Jan-29-08) Nine states brought charges against American International Group Inc. (AIG), over practices related to producer compensation and insurance placement. The suit was filed following an industry wide investigation into producer compensation and insurance placement practices. Though the company denied the allegations and did not ad... - Allstate Insurance Co. agrees to pay $950,000 insurance settlement an airplane's vibrations cause foundation damage
New York, NY: (Jan-07-08) John and Annette Ferranti, a Brooklyn couple, brought a lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Co., alleging that their home was badly damaged by vibrations caused by an Air France Concorde jet. Records show that the Ferrantis sued after Allstate refused to pay for damage to their 12-room concrete and steel house created by vibrations...