http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/ en-us 2008-07-02T15:30:03-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/07/faq_my_lon_term_disability_car.html This question comes up all the time, so we thought we'd discuss it. Although it is a relatively straightforward question, the answer is not so straightforward. In short, it depends. First, it is both to your benefit and to the... LongTerm Disability (LTD) Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-07-02T15:30:03-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/06/abc_news_good_morning_america_1.html In case you missed it Good Morning America did a segment in April (2008) on Susan Kristoff, from West Palm Beach, Fla., who suffered from potentially deadly form of breast cancer. (We blogged it earlier.) She applied to CIGNA for... LongTerm Disability (LTD) Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-06-27T10:00:55-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/06/the_us_supreme_court_issues_it_1.html Last month we wrote how about MetLife v. Glenn had then recently been argued before the Supreme Court. Last week the decision was handed down. For the most part, it is a good step in the right direction...just not a... LongTerm Disability (LTD) Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-06-23T11:32:22-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/04/woman_with_cancer_finally_gets.html After more than two years of fighting, five months spent submitting claims forms, a protracted appeal, a lawsuit and a call from ABC News’ “Good Morning America,” Susan Kristoff, unable to work and being treated for stage 4 cancer, finally... ERISA Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-04-29T09:04:16-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/04/us_supreme_court_considers_gle_1.html Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about what standard to use when reviewing an insurance company denial of ERISA welfare benefits (employer provided long term disability insurance). MetLife v. Glenn, 06-923. Under current law, an insurance company... ERISA Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-04-28T18:04:18-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/04/critical_steps_to_getting_insu.html We have been helping people with claims against insurance companies for over 18 years. Obviously, there is a lot to know about this process. From the countless claim appeals and lawsuits we have handled over the years, three basic, yet... Health Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-04-22T14:48:41-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/04/postclaim_game_odds_in_underwr.html A court ruling that actually favors the insured and hurts insurance companies?!? As far-fetched as that sounds, particularly in California, that’s exactly what happened recently when a state appellate court questioned California health insurers’ practice of waiting until policyholders incurred... LongTerm Disability (LTD) Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-04-10T13:38:55-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/03/financial_planning_for_2008_es.html As one of its top ten financial resolutions for 2008, Union Bank of California advises people to invest in long-term care insurance as part of a financial safety net for their families. Along with the government, private companies see the... LongTerm Care Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-03-11T13:36:03-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/02/insurers_are_the_last_people_w_1.html Insurers Are the Last People Who Should Decide How to Reform Health Care California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late last month proposed controversial health care reform legislation that would ensure everyone in the state has health insurance. As far as we... Health Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-02-20T13:37:35-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2008/02/jacobs_v_kaiser_foundation_hea.html In January 2008, Lisa Kantor won an appellate decision for a client suffering from an bulimia. In Jacobs v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., 04-57131 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 30, 2008), Laura Jacobs, was diagnosed with life-threatening bulimia, but was denied... ERISA Kantor & Kantor LLP 2008-02-02T18:32:44-08:00