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Labor/Employment,
Insurance

Nov. 19, 2019

Leveling the field between insurers and disability claimants

Every year, millions of Americans seek and obtain individual or group disability insurance, hoping to buy a safety net in case of an unexpected disability. I

Robert J. McKennon

Shareholder
McKennon Law Group PC

20321 SW Birch St Ste 200
Newport Beach , CA 92660

Phone: (949) 387-9595

Fax: (949) 385-5165

Email: rm@mckennonlawgroup.com

USC Law School

Robert specializes in representing policyholders in life, health and disability insurance, insurance bad faith, ERISA and unfair business practices litigation. His firm's California Insurance Litigation Blog can be found at www.californiainsurancelitigation.com.

Every year, millions of Americans seek and obtain individual or group disability insurance, hoping to buy a safety net in case of an unexpected disability. If they become sick or are injured and can no longer work, these disability policies promise to pay disability benefits to cover part of their salaries they may lose when they become disabled. Unfortunately, disability insurers often do not honor their promises. In a two-part series published in 2009, the Daily Jou...

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