Insurance Journal » disability insurance http://www.insurancejournal.com Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property/Casualty insurance industry Fri, 24 May 2013 10:21:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Zurich American to Refund $4.56M to Disability Policyholders in New York http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/04/23/289467.htm Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:36:50 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=289467 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Zurich American Insurance Company has agreed to refund $4.56 million to policyholders of its New York statutory disability insurance policies because the insurer failed to spend at least 60 percent of total premiums …

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]]> Petersen International Releases Disability Plan for Loss of Future Earnings http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/08/31/261403.htm Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:07:58 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=261403 Petersen International Underwriters has released a new disability insurance product intended to pay benefits based on an insured person’s potential future income. The plan, titled “Loss of Future Earnings Disability,” is a new approach to protecting one’s income. Petersen International …

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]]> South Carolina Man Admits to Sawing Off Man’s Hand for Insurance Money http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/08/23/260386.htm Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:00:06 +0000 Meg Kinnard http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=260386 A South Carolina man pleaded guilty this week to a federal fraud charge, acknowledging his role in an insurance scheme that cost a mentally disabled man his left hand. Gerald B. Hardin of Cayce told U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie …

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]]> Job Disability Rolls Rise During Recession http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/05/07/246490.htm Mon, 07 May 2012 12:45:29 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=246490 Monica Soltes was excited 10 years ago to leave Merrill Lynch and start her own business as an independent financial planner in San Diego. After she fell off a porch at her cousin’s cottage and broke her elbow, her dreams …

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]]> Petersen International Releases Extended Benefit Supplemental Income Plan http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/04/25/244819.htm Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:46:55 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=244819 Petersen International Underwriters has launched a specialty disability insurance plan that features a 10-year benefit period. “Prior to this new plan, the longest monthly benefit period that the market supported was 7 years,” explains Mark Petersen, vice president of marketing. …

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]]> Study: Recession Impacts California Workers’ Compensation http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/01/25/232730.htm Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:33:39 +0000 Don Jergler http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=232730 More people in California stayed on disability longer because a fewer “light duty” jobs are available in the down economy, authors of a study on worker’s compensation said. The impact of the recession on California’s workers’ compensation system was felt …

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]]> Disability Benefits Get Costlier and More Complicated http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/10/26/221619.htm Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:37:55 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=221619 Like just about every other workplace benefit, disability insurance is becoming something workers have to manage and pay for, at least partially, themselves. In the current open enrollment season for 2012 benefits, more employers are asking workers to put some …

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]]> Sun Life Financial Launches Malpractice Insurance Reimbursement http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/06/10/202154.htm Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:09:03 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=202154 The Employee Benefits Group division of the U.S. business group of Sun Life Financial, Inc. has launched a malpractice insurance reimbursement rider. The optional rider offers physician group long-term disability customers reimbursement of their malpractice insurance premium payments while they …

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]]> NFL Players’ Agents Calling Insurance Plays as Lockout Looms http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/03/02/188629.htm Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:17:51 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=188629 Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett promises to be ready for the start of next season — whenever it is. He also wants to be smart in these uncertain times. Indianapolis’ 30-year-old defensive captain, like his NFL brethren, is preparing for …

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