Share Lawyers Releases National Guide Revealing Why Long-Term Disability Claims Are Denied in Canada

Share Lawyers, a leading Canadian disability law firm, announced today the release of a comprehensive data-backed guide ...

Pensioners with arthritis could be due up to £441 every month

More than half a million people receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance for arthritis-related ...

Pensioners on Attendance Allowance due up to £5,959 during the new financial year

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed during the Autumn Budget that the New and Basic State Pension will rise by 4.8 per cent from April while Attendance Allowance payments will increase 3.8 per cent.

DWP confirms plans to change Attendance Allowance for people making a new claim

More than 1.7 million State Pensioners are now receiving either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.
Liverpool Echo

Tips to help pensioners boost income by £441 monthly with DWP non means tested benefit

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administers Attendance Allowance, a benefit designed for Brits over the State ...
Stars and Stripes

Disability fraud is a ‘tiny fraction’ of VA claims, advocates say

WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates and Democratic lawmakers slammed a recent newspaper report critical of the disability benefits system run by the Department of Veterans Affairs for “cherry-picking ...
Military Times

Judges reject VA secretary’s request to pause veterans’ claims appeals

The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denied a request from Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to pause its work on veterans' claims appeals during the government shutdown. Here, he's ...
The Washington Post

VA’s disability program is an ‘honor system.’ These veterans are defrauding it.

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Kinsley Kilpatrick put on a convincing show. During visits to Atlanta VA ...
Task & Purpose

One VA staffer rubber-stamped benefits at 20 times the normal rate. That could be bad news for vets.

The Department of Veterans Affairs now has an enormous amount of paperwork to correct after a staffer “blindly” approved thousands of disability claims without properly reviewing them for close to two ...
Healthline

How Long Short-Term Disability Lasts and How to Apply

Short-term disability is a type of government-run insurance or employer benefit that gives you income replacement for a temporary period when you are unable to work due to a covered illness, injury, ...
insurancebusinessmag

Tokio Marine, Reliance Standard face lawsuit over alleged disability claim denials

A sweeping ERISA lawsuit accuses top insurers of orchestrating a pattern of wrongful disability claim denials, raising the stakes for industry compliance and fiduciary standards. Arthur Jackson, a ...
insurancebusinessmag

Canada's life and health insurers streamline disability claims with single medical form

Canada's life and health insurers are introducing a harmonized disability medical form aimed at speeding up access to benefits and reducing paperworks for physicians. The move replaces multiple ...