If you are a professional whose job requires daily repetitive fine motor skills to perform your duties it’s important that: you understand carpal tunnel syndrome, the risk factors that can cause it, and whether your private disability insurance plan will cover you
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Los Angeles Disability Insurance Bad Faith Attorneys If your disability insurance claim for Lyme disease was unfairly denied or delayed, our lawyers may be able to help you get benefits you may be entitled to receive. Our firm is skilled at litigating
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Los Angeles Lyme Disease Insurance Bad Faith Attorneys What is Lyme Disease? Lyme disease is tick-borne illness caused by a spirochete (a corkscrew shaped bacteria) called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted through the bite of the western black-legged tick, which is not
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Three-Year Look Back and Limitations on Taxable Disability Income The Internal Revenue Services allows tax filers a three year “look back” period on both short-term and long-term disability benefits. This means that after you have paid disability insurance premiums with after tax
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It happens more often than you might think. You purchased an insurance policy, paid your premiums promptly while having the peace of mind that you had the appropriate coverage. Then, when the time came to make a claim, you were denied
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Three Consecutive Years Of Paying Premiums May Entitle You To Some Tax Relief In general, if you purchase your own disability insurance and do not write off the cost of premiums on your tax return, then any benefits you receive from the
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Social Security Disability payments are taxable income. but you still may or may not have to pay taxes on the income. Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits are considered taxable income by both the federal and state governments. Whether or not you will
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Even if your employer gets a tax deduction for disability insurance premiums you are still liable for taxes on disability benefit income? Any benefits paid to you for either a short-term disability or long-term disability is considered taxable income. If your employer
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Your disability income benefits are taxable, but you may be able to deduct the cost of premiums. Please consult with a tax professional for tax advice for your specific situation; however, in general, whether or not you will be required to pay
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Subsection 790.03(h) of the California Insurance Code is called the Insurance Unfair Practices Act. This act defines a number of actions that are considered unfair practices. If an insurer violates these minimum standards of care, a determination could be made regarding bad
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