Disability Benefits Claims Are Often Initially Denied When you purchase disability insurance, you are purchasing a promise the insurer will pay benefits in the event you become disabled or unable to do your own occupation, or any occupation. These special insurance policies
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When former employees believe they are being denied or not receiving the full amount of ERISA-protected benefits, they must challenge the insurers’ final denial of their claim within a certain period of time. California’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently determined the statute of limitations for filing an ERISA lawsuit – or how long former employees have to file a lawsuit challenging the denial of benefits – for the denial of an ERISA-protected benefits claim is four years.