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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
