According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 11 percent of Americans experience chronic pain. To put it another way, 25.3 million adults have suffered pain every day for the past three months. These numbers provide a startling reminder of how many people suffer from chronic pain every day. In some cases, the pain […]

Disability is a source of anxiety for many families. Even if it’s only a short-term disability, severe consequences can result if a sickness or accident prevents you from earning a living. On top of the loss of income, you may lose the ability to care for those people who depend on you, your job, or […]

Common Baseball Injuries and Loss of Value Insurance Baseball season is winding down, but elite high school and college baseball players are still working toward their future. This means more than just offseason workouts—if you expect a professional team to draft you, you need to prepare for and protect your future. It’s not just a […]

Millions of Americans suffer from migraine headaches. Some people get them only occasionally, while others suffer from frequent, chronic migraines that significantly diminish their ability to reliably perform the important duties of their occupations. As a result, those who suffer from chronic disabling migraine headaches may try to qualify for individual or group long-term disability […]

For many people, employer-provided long-term disability insurance offers a sense of peace of mind and financial security. What happens when you rely on an employer to provide group long-term disability benefits and your employer stops paying your group long-term disability insurance premium? Typically, if you miss an insurance premium payment, you’re charged a late fee […]

Ensuring the Fair Adjudication of Your Long-Term Disability Claims Whether you’re eligible for individual or group long-term disability benefits depends on whether a disabling illness or injury prevents you from performing the material and substantial duties of your occupation. Many individual and group long-term disability insurers wrongfully delay, deny, or terminate long-term disability payments, claiming […]

In one capacity or another, we all have insurance. Whether it’s car insurance, health insurance, homeowner’s insurance, or disability insurance, it’s there for the “just in cases” of life. Most of us insurance policyholders are honest, hardworking Americans. However, under the guise of defending against insurance fraud—but really to just save money—your individual or group […]

It’s difficult to discuss the possibility of a young, aspiring athlete losing a professional athletic career before it begins. Whether due to injury or illness, career-ending disabilities can and do happen to top-level Division I athletes, making it a very timely and necessary topic of discussion. With the right type of career-ending disability insurance, Division […]

Helping Those Suffering from Lyme Disease Get the Disability Benefits They Deserve With the arrival of summer, most of the nation knows it’s time to break out the bug spray. Lyme disease has become a serious medical concern around the country with devastating long term problems. It’s even reported that disease-carrying ticks are appearing in […]