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- Getting a Handle on Disability Claims
- Disability claims handling can be a slow, manually intensive process for insurance companies. The auther in this article examines what the specific problems are, and where technology can help to streamline the process. He also discusses disability claims handling is about one thing: decision-making. It's vital, given the complexity of...
- White papers 2002-08-02
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- The Principal Financial Group Enhances Employer Reporting for Disability Claims; New Reporting Capabilities Aimed to Save Time And Money
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- Recognizing the value of saving time and money with online access to disability claim information, The Principal Financial GroupR announces the availability of enhanced employer reporting capabilities for long-term and short-term disability. A new report design will give employers daily access to vital information including claim...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- Insurer Sued For Stopping DI Payments.(UNUMProvident, disability insurance)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- A Cincinnati executive who was disabled with a heart condition is suing UNUMProvident after the insurer declined to continue paying his disability claim, the executive's attorney says. A Cincinnati executive who was disabled with a heart condition is suing UNUMProvident after the insurer declined...
- Research articles 2001-04-09
- The Standard Implements New Online Claim Triage to Further Enhance Disability Claim Management
- Business/ High-Tech Editors PORTLAND, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 20, 2000 Standard Insurance Company has implemented a new claims tracking and retrieval system that enables claims payment up to three days faster, helps personalize service, improves accuracy and increases claims management capacity by 20 percent without adding staff. The new...
- Research articles 2000-03-20
- Tacoma, Wash., Police Officer's Disability Claim to Be Decided.
- By Sean Robinson and Martha Modeen, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 7--Since May 1, Catherine Woodard, a 25-year veteran of the Tacoma Police Department, has earned more than $57,000 without working a day. Today, the...
- Research articles 2003-10-07
- Tacoma, Wash., Police Officer's Disability Claim to Be Decided.
- By Sean Robinson and Martha Modeen, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--Since May 1, Catherine Woodard, a 25-year veteran of the Tacoma Police Department, has earned more than $57,000 without working a day. Today, the...
- Research articles 2003-10-05
- The Principal Financial Group Makes Dealing With Disability Claims Faster and Easier; New Online Claim Form Available for Group Disability Customers
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Principal Financial GroupR, the nation's premier provider of employee benefits, announces a new online claim submission form available immediately for group long-term and short-term disability customers. With 24/7 access to an online form, insured employees and their employers now have a fast, simple way to...
- Research articles 2005-12-19
- FINEOS Corp. (The Biz).(signs contract with Fortis Inc)(Brief Article)
- FINEOS Corp., has finalized a 500-seat contract with insurance provider Fortis Inc. Fortis selected FINEOS to implement its end-to-end disability claim management ... FINEOS Corp., has finalized a 500-seat contract with insurance provider Fortis Inc. Fortis selected FINEOS to implement its end-to-end disability...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Auto worker with disability loses claim and appeal.
- In a complicated workers' compensation case that began with injuries incurred more than a decade ago and included a nonwork-related disability, a Michigan workers' compensation appellate commission ruled that a woman with an acknowledged disability is not eligible for compensation. A woman who...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- UnumProvident to smooth the way for disability benefit payouts.
- UnumProvident is to shake up the group income protection market with a pay direct product that allows employees to claim disability benefit without the need to remain on their company's payroll. UnumProvident is to shake up the group income protection market with a pay...
- Research articles 2006-09-14
- Aetna to Acquire Disability Business of Broadspire; Acquisition to broaden Aetna's integrated health and disability capabilities
- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the disability business of Broadspire, a leading provider of disability and casualty claim management services. Broadspire's disability business operates as a third party administrator offering absence management services, including short-term and long-term disability...
- Research articles 2006-02-27
- U.S. District Court for W. District of NY rules insurance co. did
- Concluding that the insurance company did not properly evaluate the plaintiff's disability claim, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. In remanding the plaintiff's disability claim to the insurance company in David M. Yaw v. First Unum...
- Research articles 2006-05-09
- Northwestern must pay DI claim for herpes.(Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., disability insurance)
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. lost a lawsuit in New Jersey state court brought by a disability insurance DI policyholder who filed a claim in 1992 after she was forced to terminate her career due to a severe flare-up of genital herpes. The plaintiff had caught herpes 20 years earlier,...
- Research articles 1997-05-05
- Aetna Completes Acquisition of Broadspire Disability Business
- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the disability and leave management business of Broadspire, a leading provider of disability and casualty claim management services. Aetna announced on February 27 its agreement to acquire Broadspire's disability business for approximately $160 million. The...
- Research articles 2006-04-03
- Aetna Partners with ICS to Administer Voluntary Disability Plans for California Employers
- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE:AET) announced that it will offer voluntary disability insurance VDI plan and claim administration to California-based self-insured plan sponsors and has joined with Innovative Care Systems, Inc. ICS to assist customers in conforming with California state laws governing voluntary disability coverage. The laws require employers to...
- Research articles 2008-04-29
- Disability Insurers Tighten Up On Psych Claim Management.(Statistical Data Included)
- Some disability insurers are assembling teams of clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers. Their purpose: To manage disability claims for severe depression, bi-polar disorder and other mental illnesses more actively, in hopes of increasing return-to-work rates. At Fortis Benefits, Minneapolis,...
- Research articles 2000-03-13
- CIGNA Enhances Suite of Online Tools for Members; Personalized Claim Information Now Available to Disability Claimants
- PHILADELPHIA -- When an unexpected illness or injury strikes, the ability to conveniently access information can be invaluable. That's why CIGNA is now providing personalized claim information online for covered employees who are out of work due to a disability. The new online tool is the latest addition to the...
- Research articles 2008-02-12
- Integrated DisAbility Resources Selects Siebel CRM OnDemand to Spark Growth and Ensure Satisfaction; Innovative Health and Productivity Solutions Provider Teams with Hosted CRM Leader to Ensure Sales, Marketing, and Service Excellence
- SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL), the leading provider of customer-facing solutions, today announced that Integrated DisAbility Resources IDR, Inc., a group disability risk and claim management service organization, chose Siebel CRM OnDemand for its hosted CRM solution. Siebel CRM OnDemand is allowing IDR to spur company growth...
- Research articles 2005-06-16
- Federal court rules on disability insurance interest claim. (Court Decisions).(Helen Dunnigan, et al. vs. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.)(Brief Article)
- The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals says members of employee benefit plans may be able to collect interest on unreasonably late benefits payments from disability insurers and other benefits providers. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals says members of employee benefit plans may be...
- Research articles 2002-01-21
- UnumProvident Research Points to Value of Integrated Claim Management
- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- New research from UnumProvident (NYSE: UNM) shows that customers who integrate family and medical leave management with disability leave management report, on average, savings of nearly $12,000 per 100 disability claimants when compared to customers with disability management services only.
- Research articles 2006-05-25
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