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Applying for Sun Life Long Term Disability Benefits: Tips for Claimants

For someone seeking long term disability benefits from Canadian-based disability insurance carrier Sun Life, trying to tackle this process on your own can be a major challenge. Insurance companies like Sun Life often seem to speak their own unique language and have a vested interest in denying a claimant’s request…

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Sun Life Disability Insurance Lawsuit & Benefit Denial Tips

Sun Life Disability operates throughout the U.S. and almost exclusively provides group long term disability (LTD) insurance policies. These group policies are usually purchased by employers on their employees’ behalf, and are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). If Sun Life denies a claimant’s claim for long…

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California Federal Court Slams SunLife for Ignoring Medical Evidence

In this video, disability insurance attorneys Rachel Alters and Gregory Dell discuss a California Federal Court decision in which a SunLife disability insurance denial was reversed. The SunLife policy holder suffering from Fibromyalgia was on claim for 5 years when SunLife abruptly decided the claimant could return to work. The…

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California Appeal Court Disagrees with Sunlife’s Disability Policy Interpretation

California federal appeals court concludes ambiguous terms in Sun Life’s disability policy must be construed in favor of the claimant, but employer is not a proper defendant. In Anderson v. Sun Life, a registered nurse presented the Ninth Circuit court of appeals with three issues she asserted were wrongly decided…

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Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Sued By Two Plaintiffs For Wrongful Denial of Disability Benefits

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Sun Life) was recently served with two lawsuits by two different Plaintiffs for the wrongful denial of disability benefits. Sun Life Georgia Case The Plaintiff, Robin B., has filed this lawsuit against Sun Life because her long term disability benefit payments were wrongfully terminated…

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U.S. Postal Service Worker Sues Sun Life For Wrongful Termination of Short Term Disability Benefits and Failure to Pay Long Term Disability Benefits

In Jacqueline J. Vs Sun Life Insurance Company, the Plaintiff seeks reinstatement of short term disability benefit payments and payment of long term disability benefit payments that she is entitled to. This lawsuit, filed with the help of her Texas Disability Attorney, was filed in the United States District Court…

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Sun Life Denies Long-Term Disability Benefits, Graphic Artist Files Suit

A Nevada disability attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit in Nevada against Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Sun Life) to recover long-term disability benefits. The Plaintiff, Nancy H., worked as a graphic artist and was covered by a group long-term disability insurance policy issued by Sun Life to Plaintiff’s…

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In a Case Where Sun Life Insurance Paid Benefits for Three Years to a Claimant Who Wasn’t Actually Covered Under a Sun Life Policy, Claimant is Denied Further Disability Benefits

In the case of Pamela D. Porter v. Sun Life and Health Insurance Company, the court record shows that Pamela Porter applied for long-term disability benefits under an employee benefits plan that was maintained by Los Padres Bank for its employees and was awarded disability benefits for over three years.…

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Sun Life Denies Disability Benefits To Woman Suffering From Rheumatoid Arthritis

After receiving benefits for 24 months, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada decided to terminate the long term disability benefits being paid to a woman formerly employed by Westminister Services, Inc. With the help of her Florida disability attorney, the Plaintiff filed an ERISA lawsuit to recover these wrongfully denied…

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