Archives
- 2012.02.01: PRUDENTIAL TERMINATES CLIENT BENEFITS BASED ON PAPER REVIEW; WE WIN BACK HIS RIGHTFUL PAYMENTS
- 2012.01.27: Frankel & Newfield Partner Gives Presentation to the American Conference Institute
- 2012.01.17: Partner Justin C. Frankel Receives AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale
- 2012.01.09: Court grants Discovery Predicated Upon Frankel & Newfield Precedents
- 2012.01.06: Long Term Disability Insurance Company Denies Benefits to Insurance Agency Owner; Frankel & Newfield Negotiates a Settlement
- 2012.01.05: The politics of CFS and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) - a long and bumpy road
- 2011.12.28: Court Determines Reliance Standard Abused its Discretion on Remanded Claim
- 2011.12.22: Company Files for Bankruptcy and New Disability Insurance Company Terminates the Claim - Frankel & Newfield Files Federal Lawsuit and Wins Back Benefits
- 2011.12.16: Court Finds Lincoln Life to Have Abused its Discretion
- 2011.12.15: Met Life Denies Disability Insurance Benefits for Project Manager Based on Paper Medical Records Review, We Fight Back and Win
- 2011.12.12: Early Intervention Can Cut Disability Costs - Smart Business is also Good Business
- 2011.12.06: Chiropractic Economics Includes Frankel & Newfield in Resource Guide
- 2011.12.02: Does It Matter Which Disability Insurance Company Has Your Policy?
- 2011.11.22: Frankel & Newfield Wins ERISA Appeal for Ad Agency CEO Denied by Dearborn National
- 2011.11.21: Court Finds Aetna Abused its Discretion in Terminating Long Term Disability Claim
- 2011.11.18: Prudential found to Abuse Discretion on Long Term Disability Claim
- 2011.11.17: LEXIS NEXIS NAMES DISABILITY INSURANCE LAWYER BLOG A TOP 50 INSURANCE LAW BLOG
- 2011.11.10: DISABILITY LAWYERS REVERSE DENIAL OF AN AETNA DISABILITY CLAIM FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME PATIENT
- 2011.11.03: Employees Value Benefits More than Ever Before -- Surprised?
- 2011.10.31: ALLEGATIONS OF MASSIVE DISABILITY FRAUD BY LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD (LIRR) EMPLOYEES
- 2011.10.25: Professional Practices and Disability - Financial Records Disclosure
- 2011.10.18: COUNCIL FOR DISABILITY AWARENESS - TO INFORM AND EDUCATE... Maybe
- 2011.09.23: Disability Insurance Lawyer Blog Nominated Again for Lexis Nexis Top 50 Blogs
- 2011.09.20: Partner Justin C. Frankel is Named Super Lawyer 2011
- 2011.08.22: COMMON SENSE CIGNA PROGRAM CUTS DISABILITY ABSENCES BY 15 PERCENT
- 2011.08.15: Court Finds Lincoln Life Determination an Abuse of Discretion
- 2011.08.04: UNUM COMMISSIONS A STUDY - WE HOPE UNUM CLAIMS ADJUSTERS READ IT
- 2011.07.29: DISABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE ON FACEBOOK - ARE YOU?
- 2011.07.27: Harvard Educated, Fortune 500 Executive Relies on Frankel & Newfield for Disability Insurance Benefits
- 2011.07.22: No Professional Courtesy in Long Term Disability Insurance Conflict
- 2011.07.14: SMART MONEY MAKES A SMART POINT ABOUT DISABILITY INSURANCE
- 2011.07.07: When Pain is the Issue for Long Term Disability Insurance Claims
- 2011.06.30: ProHealth.com Invites Questions on Disability Insurance Claims
- 2011.06.29: Long Term Disability Insurance - What Legal Rights Do You Have?
- 2011.06.28: Court Finds Sedgwick Claim Determination to be Arbitrary and Capricious
- 2011.06.27: Court Finds CIGNA Arbitrary, Applied Wrong Standard of Disability
- 2011.06.13: SUN LIFE LAUNCHES MALPRACTICE INSURANCE RIDER FOR DISABILITY POLICIES WITH DOCTORS & DENTISTS IN MIND
- 2011.06.10: Hartford Study Finds that Most American Workers Do Not Have Disability Insurance
- 2011.06.08: LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS CLAIM DENIED BY MET LIFE, SUCCESSFULLY APPEALED BY FRANKEL & NEWFIELD DISABILITY LAWYERS
- 2011.06.03: When the Doctor is the Patient - Frankel & Newfield Article in American Chiropractic Association News
- 2011.05.26: CIGNA AGAIN TAKEN TO TASK FOR CLAIM HANDLING
- 2011.05.26: ProHealth.com publishes article on Investigation Tactics used by Disability Insurance Companies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM) Patients
- 2011.05.24: Avoiding the Disability Claim 'Brush-Off' Article Published on ProHealth.com
- 2011.05.18: US Supreme Court Ruling Redefines Employee Right to Bring Lawsuits in Court, Even Under ERISA
- 2011.05.09: DISABILITY ATTORNEYS FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WIN AGAINST PRUDENTIAL DENIAL OF CLAIM
- 2011.04.27: ProHealth.com Features Article from Frankel & Newfield - What You Need to Know to Avoid the Disability Claim "Brush Off"
- 2011.04.21: PRUDENTIAL DENIES DISABILITY CLAIM WITHOUT A REAL MEDICAL EXAM
- 2011.04.13: Insurer Unable to Apply Mental and Nervous Policy Limitation
- 2011.04.11: CIGNA Long Term Disability Claim Denied, Frankel & Newfield Win Benefits Back
- 2011.04.05: EPSILON DATA BREACH IMPACT ON DISABILITY INSURANCE CLAIMS
- 2011.04.04: AETNA CLAIM DECISION LACKS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
- 2011.03.31: JUDGES WHO FRIEND YOU ON FACEBOOK AND FOLLOW YOU ON TWITTER
- 2011.03.24: Court Finds Met Life Abused its Discretion
- 2011.03.22: UNUM Abused Discretion in Terminating Claim
- 2011.03.17: Another Horror Story of Abuse of Discretion Standard of Review
- 2011.03.15: Why Do Courts Reward Insurers who Fail to Comply with ERISA?
- 2011.03.15: Court Finds Numerous Claim Handling Flaws
- 2011.03.14: Science, politics and insurance companies make terrible bedfellows: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Term Disability Insurance
- 2011.03.09: Court Reinstates Hartford Life Claimant
- 2011.03.04: Sedgwick - A Dangerous Third Party Administrator
- 2011.02.14: SHORT TERM DISABILITY CLAIMS FLAT DURING RECESSION - WHICH NUMBERS TO BELIEVE
- 2011.02.10: February is American Heart Month - Heart disease is a leading cause of disability
- 2011.02.04: Hartford Reinstates Client Suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- 2011.02.01: Disability insurance denials - is your claim in one of these categories?
- 2011.01.26: Appeals Court Reverses, Orders Retroactive Disability Benefits
- 2011.01.25: Met Life Abuses Discretion on Fibromyalgia Claim
- 2011.01.21: Disability Awareness Survey Results
- 2011.01.20: Decline in Claims Due to Recession?
- 2011.01.19: CAN A DOCTOR BE DISABLED AFTER LOSING HIS LICENSE?
- 2011.01.18: WHAT IF I HATE GOING TO DOCTORS?
- 2011.01.14: Beware of the Double Offset
- 2011.01.11: Depression, Mental/Nervous Disability Claims - What you need to know
- 2011.01.04: PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES TAKE A MASSIVE LEAP IN 2010
- 2011.01.04: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Doubts Linger
- 2010.12.31: Long Term Care Policy Challenges
- 2010.12.27: 2010 Group Disability Market Survey Results
- 2010.12.23: Critical Illness Insurance - Cause for Concern?
- 2010.12.20: LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE IS NEVER A DO-IT-YOURSELF PROJECT
- 2010.12.17: CIGNA Caves on Administrative Appeal
- 2010.12.16: Insurer Acted Improperly In Rejecting Claimant's Medical Support
- 2010.12.10: A DIRE WARNING .... AND NOT UNEXPECTED..... ABOUT DISABILITY INSURANCE
- 2010.12.09: Court permits Insurer to Hide Identity of Medical Reviewer
- 2010.12.09: Don't Mess with Texas - Disability Insurance Companies Get a Real Boot from the Texas Department of Insurance
- 2010.11.24: Successful Appeal of UnumProvident Termination of Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits for Surgeon
- 2010.11.23: Disability Insurance Lump Sum Settlement - Taxable or Not?
- 2010.11.08: ON A TECHNICALITY OF CARE AND TREATMENT
- 2010.11.01: Own Occupation Policies for Professionals
- 2010.10.19: LUMP SUM BUYOUT OF A DISABILITY CLAIM
- 2010.10.12: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SEASON - SOME TIMELY WORDS ON DISABILITY INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES
- 2010.09.30: US Senate Examines Disability Insurance and ERISA - Plaintiff's Bar Applauds
- 2010.09.23: Surveillance by Insurance Companies Now Extends to Social Media
- 2010.09.20: WHEN DISABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE INVOLVED, A BIG DISCOVERY TOWARDS A CURE BECOMES CAUSE FOR CONCERN, NOT CELEBRATION
- 2010.09.15: DISABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY TERMINATES CLAIM, FRANKEL & NEWFIELD FIGHTS BACK AND BENEFITS ARE REINSTATED
- 2010.09.13: WE SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT DISABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY LINCOLN WHEN IT ATTEMPTS TO RECLASSIFY CLAIM FROM A PHYSICAL DISABILITY TO MENTAL NERVOUS DISABILITY CLAIM
- 2010.09.03: CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME DISABILITY - A NEW STUDY REVEALS A POSSIBLE CAUSE
- 2010.08.30: CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST SEVERAL MASSIVE INSURANCE FIRMS
- 2010.08.24: Successful Appeal Reverses Termination of Benefits for Prudential Policyholder
- 2010.08.18: LexisNexis® Announces Top 50 Blogs 2009 Insurance Law Community
- 2010.08.14: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TWEAK ERISA - BUT CAN HE REALLY FIX DISABILITY CLAIMS DENIALS?
- 2010.08.11: RESIDUAL BENEFITS UNDER LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES
- 2010.08.05: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WINS FOR PRINCIPAL LONG TERM DISABILITY POLICY HOLDER DENIED EVEN THOUGH IN-HOUSE DOCS SAY HE IS DISABLED
- 2010.07.23: Hartford's Use of Paper Reviewing Doctors Found Unreasonable
- 2010.07.13: DISABILITY- When it happens to you
- 2010.07.02: CIGNA DENIES LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL
- 2010.06.28: LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS DENIED BY AETNA - SUCCESSFUL APPEAL
- 2010.06.22: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WIN APPEAL AGAINST HARTFORD WHO DENIED BENEFITS TO A NURSE ANESTHETIST WITH HAND INURY
- 2010.06.18: CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND MET LIFE DOCTORS WHO DENY THAT ANYONE IS EVER DISABLED - FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WINS ERISA APPEAL
- 2010.06.14: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WINS PRUDENTIAL APPEAL FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR WITH LUPUS AND THYROID DISORDER
- 2010.06.09: Federal Appeals Court Sends Clear Message to Disability Insurance Companies
- 2010.06.04: EMPLOYEES DON'T ALWAYS GET TO CHOOSE - BUT YOU CAN BE PREPARED
- 2010.06.01: US SUPREME COURT DECISION ON ATTORNEY FEES UNDER ERISA A WIN FOR CLAIMANTS
- 2010.05.27: ANOTHER SURVEY - THIS TIME, THE BAD NEWS
- 2010.05.19: SELF-SERVING SURVEY SAYS...... WOULD YOU BELIEVE A SURVEY FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT BROUGHT YOU MET LIFE v. GLENN?
- 2010.05.19: Hartford's Conduct Found Arbitrary and Capricious
- 2010.05.12: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR CLIENTS - AND THEY WRITE TO TELL US
- 2010.05.07: National Disability Insurance Awareness Month - Is there a Greeting Card for That?
- 2010.04.30: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD EDUCATE DENTISTS ON DISABILITY INSURANCE ISSUES AT GREATER LONG ISLAND DENTAL MEETING
- 2010.04.29: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WINS ERSIA APPEAL AGAINST CIGNA FOR GEORGIA MAN WITH HIV/AIDS
- 2010.04.13: ERISA APPEAL AGAINST THE HARTFORD REINSTATES BENEFITS FOR COLORADO RESIDENT
- 2010.04.08: GOOD MORNING AMERICA REPORT ON DISABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY TACTICS SPARKS FLOOD OF CALLS
- 2010.04.06: Benefits Awarded to Chronic Fatigue Claimant
- 2010.04.02: Court Reinstates Claimant with Orthopedic Impairments
- 2010.04.01: JUSTIN FRANKEL TO ADDRESS DENTAL PROFESSIONALS AT GREATER LONG ISLAND DENTAL MEETING - DENTISTS FROM NASSAU, SUFFOLK, QUEENS, NEW YORK COUNTIES
- 2010.03.16: Hartford Insurance Terminates Fibromyalgia Claimant - We Win the Appeal
- 2010.03.11: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WARNS CLAIMANTS - DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT TREATMENT CAN PUT YOUR DISABILITY INSURANCE CLAIM AT RISK
- 2010.03.08: Appeals Court Reverses, Grants Retroactive Benefits
- 2010.03.05: LINCOLN NATIONAL DENIES DISABILITY CLAIM TO CLINICAL NEUROLOGIST; FRANKEL & NEWFIELD OVERTURNS DENIAL AND GETS BENEFITS REINSTATED
- 2010.03.03: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WINS APPEAL AGAINST MET LIFE FOR EXECUTIVE WITH FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
- 2010.02.11: New York Times' Article on the Disability Insurance Odds
- 2010.02.03: UNUM REPORTS HEALTHY FINANCIAL NUMBERS - BUT WHAT ABOUT DISABILITY INSURANCE POLICYHOLDERS?
- 2010.01.25: Disability Surveillance Footage - When a Picture Really IS Worth A Thousand Words - and Dollars
- 2010.01.18: Who is Your Disability Advocate?
- 2010.01.05: UNUM Policyholder - We Win on Appeal, Lifetime Benefits Are Reinstated
- 2009.12.30: AGGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION BY FRANKEL & NEWFIELD GETS HARTFORD DISABILITY BENEFITS REINSTATED AND BACK BENEFITS PAID IN FULL
- 2009.12.28: Court Rejects "Result Driven" Functional Capacity Evaluation
- 2009.12.23: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS for all the wrong reasons?
- 2009.12.23: Court Finds Decision Arbitrary and Capricious
- 2009.12.18: MSNBC Reports: Job Losses Send Disability Claims Soaring
- 2009.12.10: Prudential Disability Insurance Policyholder - A Successful ERISA Appeal from Frankel & Newfield
- 2009.12.03: Reality TV and Disability Insurance Claims
- 2009.11.25: FRANKEL & NEWFIELD WINS APPEAL FOR HIGH INCOME MET LIFE POLICY OWNER WITH "RED FLAG" CONDITIONS
- 2009.11.18: The New Insurance Paradigm - Blame the Insured
- 2009.11.13: Good Morning America Continues to Report on Outrageous Acts of Disability Insurance Companies
- 2009.11.10: Disability Insurance Forums - A Helpful Source
- 2009.11.03: Suffolk Dental Bulletin Features Article on Dentists and Long Term Disability Insurance Challenges
- 2009.10.21: New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association Presentation
- 2009.10.14: Liberty Life's Decision was Abuse of Discretion
- 2009.10.13: The Importance of Limiting the Insurance Company's Contact with Your Treating Physician
- 2009.10.10: Prudential Disability Insurance Policyholder - A Successful ERISA Appeal by Frankel & Newfield
- 2009.10.01: California Insurance Commissioner Announces Settlement with Life Insurance Company of North America - LINA
- 2009.09.17: Chiropractic Economics Magazine Features Article by Frankel and Newfield
- 2009.09.15: Claim Decision Reversed; Not the Result of Deliberative, Principled Reasoning Process
- 2009.09.01: CIGNA Disability Insurance Pays a Claim - But Only After Lawsuit Begins
- 2009.08.28: Social media and disability insurance - a word to the wise
- 2009.08.21: Taking Disability Issues to the CEO - Does it Help?
- 2009.08.11: Frankel & Newfield Win Appeal for Floor Trader: Vocational and Medical Data Critical to Protect Claimaint in a High-Stakes Appeal
- 2009.08.07: Surveillance Not Enough to Terminate Benefits
- 2009.07.23: Liberty Life Admits that Surveillance is Aggressive Tactic
- 2009.07.14: Frankel on Long Term Disability Insurance Policies and Baby Boomers for Long Island Business News
- 2009.06.26: Frankel & Newfield Achieve A Significant Victory in Long Term Disability Insurance Case Against Met Life in Federal Court
- 2009.06.22: Met Life Found to Have Abused Its Discretion
- 2009.06.17: Long Term Disability Insurance Company Claims Adjusters A Little Cranky?
- 2009.06.11: Jason Newfield Invited to Present at Prominent National Disability Insurance Conference
- 2009.06.05: Hartford Policyowners - Take Note
- 2009.06.01: The Next Supreme Court Justice? How will claimants fare?
- 2009.05.22: JASON NEWFIELD IS FEATURED SPEAKER AT NATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE ON DISABILITY LITIGATION
- 2009.05.14: Jason Newfield Speaks at National Disability Insurance Law Conference
- 2009.05.08: Frankel & Newfield's Spring Newsletter
- 2009.05.04: CDC Reports More Americans Reporting Disability - Frankel & Newfield is here to help
- 2009.04.28: Met Life Denies Long-Term Disability Benefits and Frankel & Newfield Overturns On Appeal
- 2009.04.21: Prudential Terminates Benefits and Frankel & Newfield Overturn on Appeal
- 2009.04.08: Organic Brain Dysfunction Not Subject to Limited Benefit Period
- 2009.04.01: Disability Insurance and Severance - Successful Claims Require Strategic Planning
- 2009.04.01: CIGNA'S Wrongful Denial is Overturned by Frankel & Newfield
- 2009.03.26: Long Term Disability Insurance and the Physician Practice
- 2009.03.24: Disability Insurance Law - Why You Can't Do This Alone
- 2009.03.17: Bad Faith Claims in New York? You gotta believe.
- 2009.02.26: Travel is Work Requirement, Court Holds
- 2009.02.24: Insurer's Reliance Upon Surveillance Improper, Appeals Court Holds
- 2009.02.18: Problems In Subjective Complaint Claims
- 2009.02.17: Investigative Tools Used by Insurers
- 2009.02.10: Frankel & Newfield is Featured in The Journal of Medical Practice Management
- 2009.02.06: CIGNA Again Taken to Task for LTD Claim Handling
- 2009.02.05: Jason Newfield Has Again Been Asked to Present At the ACI National Disability Conference
- 2009.01.30: Californians Should Be Concerned About Their Disability Insurance
- 2009.01.19: New FMLA Requirements Are Now In Effect
- 2009.01.05: Unum's Bad Reputation Continues
- 2008.12.23: Lincoln Reinstates Long Term Disability Claimant
- 2008.12.08: Frankel & Newfield Warns and Informs: Disability Insurance Claimants
- 2008.12.03: Insurance Companies Are Circling The Wagons
- 2008.11.14: Disability Income Insurance: What Everyone Needs to Know before buying an Individual Disability Policy
- 2008.08.28: The Truth About Functional Capacity Evaluations
- 2008.08.04: Frankel & Newfield Has First Case in The Footprints of Met Life v. Glenn
- 2008.07.01: Met Life v. Glenn Changes ERISA Disability Law Landscape
- 2008.06.12: Presentation at National Disability Conference
