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4 rules for applying for Colorado’s PERA disability benefits
Most governmental employees and some other individuals qualify for disability benefits through enrollment in Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA). If you elected the PERA Defined Benefit (DB) Plan, you have access to disability benefits should illness or accident prevent you from performing your work.…
What to know about long term disability insurance
We rely on insurance companies to be there for us when an event or condition prevents us from making financial ends meet. Long term disability (LTD) insurance policies are meant to provide monthly payments in case of a disability that lasts six or more months.…
Do disability benefits cover pregnancy?
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that enables eligible employees to take extended time off from work for personal or familial medical needs. The FMLA establishes a twelve-week timeline for parents to return to work due to extended medical leave but…
Challenging ‘bad faith’ disability insurance denials
Colorado has laws in place to keep insurance companies from denying or delaying payment of a disability insurance claim for unreasonable justifications. When an insurance company fails to provide disability payments that an injured worker is entitled to, that worker could suffer from high medical…
What happens if insurance denies my LTD claim?
You don’t expect to have an illness or injury leave you unable to work. But if something does happen, you may have long-term disability (LTD) protection to protect lost wages. Check with your employer to see if you have LTD, either because the employer provided…
What If My Employer Fails to Pay Long-term Disability Premiums?
Is your employer refusing to pay you the long-term disability premiums that they owe you? They may give you any number of less than agreeable reasons for their actions. Or they may not give you a reason at all. If this is the treatment you…
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