Expert Warns Disability Claimants What to Expect From Insurance Companies.
ONTARIO, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- If you are on disability, or become disabled, you may worry what will happen if your disability insurer files for bankruptcy. Now is the time to review your state's insurance guarantee fund limits, says Frank N. Darras, the nation's leading disability and long-term...

Just what the doctor ordered: Lenient underwriting in the physician longterm disability insurance market once caused insurers lots of pain. Could it happen again?
Physicians were once the darling of the group long-term disability market. In the early 1980s, doctors were viewed as a pristine risk for disability insurance and showered with enriched LTD plans. Benefits included short elimination periods, high replacement ratios, high maximums, extended own-occupation and specialty definitions, cost-of-living adjustments and...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Anthem Life in Connecticut Partner with the Chamber Insurance Trust to Offer Life and Disability Products to Chamber of Commerce Members.
Unique offering will provide Chamber employers with Life and Disability package to help their employees manage life's many challenges NORTH HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- 40,000 local businesses and 79 working Chambers of Commerce throughout Connecticut will soon be able to offer their employees and members...

Frank N. Darras Recognized as a Southern California Best Lawyer.
ONTARIO, Calif., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank N. Darras, the nation's leading disability and long-term care insurance lawyer has been recognized for the fifth time in a row, as one of the 'Best Lawyers in America'. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070717/NYFNSC02) Best Lawyers is the oldest and most...

Unum fosters Front St. hopes; Talks under way with CitySquare.
Byline: Lisa Eckelbecker WORCESTER - Unum Group is launching discussions to potentially relocate its downtown operations to CitySquare, a move that could give the proposed development its first major tenant. The disability insurer told employees yesterday it had analyzed proposals from developers in recent months...

Cincinnati Financial Corporation Subsidiaries Announce Appointments and Promotions.
-- Subsidiary Directors, Officers and Counsel CINCINNATI, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cincinnati Financial Corporation announced today that boards of its subsidiary companies appointed directors, officers and counsel at their regular meetings on January 30, 2009. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steven J. Johnston,...

Administrator's contract costs cause upset.
Byline: Bill Fortier AUBURN - Resident Laurie J. Lanciault feels this is the wrong time for the Board of Selectmen to reach a new two-year contract with Town Administrator Charles T. O'Connor Jr. Mrs. Lanciault, an unsuccessful candidate for selectman last year, said Mr. O'Connor's...

Distinguished Financial Planner Joins Lincoln Financial Network, Level Four.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Financial Network (LFN), the retail sales and financial planning division of Lincoln Financial Group, announced today that Kristine Stewart, CFP(R), ChFC, has joined Level Four Advisory Services, LLC, and Lincoln Financial Securities as a financial advisor and registered representative, respectively in the Crestview,...

Cincinnati Financial Webcast to Discuss Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Results.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cincinnati Financial Corporation invites you to listen to the live Internet broadcast of its conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2008 results on Thursday, February 5, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. EST. Results will be released earlier that morning. What: CINF fourth-quarter...

Disability market tightens for sports superstars: pitchers with shot shoulders, quarterbacks with bum knees, head coaches with heart infections--major league sports teams have more reasons for specialty disability insurance than most industries.
Professional sports teams have used specialty disability insurance for years to guard against paying millions of dollars to an athlete who is injured and unable to play. Franchise players like the New York Yankees' shortstop Derek Jeter or the Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger are unique and...