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Welcome!  The Info Library is an internet-based resource that addresses in one place your questions and concerns about disability benefits, disability insurers, your illness, your occupation, and filing a claim, appeal or litigation.  In other words, a "Wikipedia" for disability claims.  If you would like to automatically receive new posts, please subscribe below.

 

 

Category: Jobs - Manager

How Do Marketing Executives Prove Long Term Disability?

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Marketing executives operate in high pressure environments where strategic thinking, sustained concentration, and executive-level decision making directly impact revenue and brand performance. When a medical condition begins to interfere with your ability to lead teams, analyze complex data, manage budgets, or perform under constant deadlines, stepping away from your role can feel professionally and financially overwhelming. Understanding how long term disability benefits apply to marketing executives can help you protect your income and your rights.

Below, we address common questions marketing executives have about qualifying for and securing long term disability benefits.  

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How Do Financial Managers Prove Long Term Disability?

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As a financial manager, your career likely depends on sharp analytical skills, sound judgment, and the ability to handle high pressure financial decisions that directly impact your organization’s success. When a medical condition begins to interfere with your cognitive performance, stamina, or ability to manage stress, stepping away from work can be both professionally and financially daunting. Understanding how long term disability benefits apply to financial managers can help you protect your income and your rights.

Below, we address common questions financial managers have about securing long term disability benefits.   

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Lawsuit Won for Senior Manager With Depression

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“Larry” was a senior manager at a major consulting firm. As a result of a series of major stresses in both his personal and professional life, Larry was hospitalized with major depression and suicidal ideation. When the insurance company denied Larry’s claim, Larry hired Riemer Hess to prepare an appeal.

The Firm submitted comprehensive letters from Larry’s treating psychiatrists, who opined that Larry was disabled from any occupation; detailed statements of Larry’s family and co-workers, corroborating his incapacity; and an in depth affidavit from Larry describing how depression slowly but surely made him unable to function and took away all joy in his life. The insurance company still denied Larry’s appeal, asserting that Larry did not submit objective proof of his depression even though it is well known that disability from depression cannot be demonstrated “objectively.”

Riemer Hess immediately commenced a lawsuit on Larry’s behalf in Federal Court. Our persistence eventually convinced the insurer to settle the case. Larry received a substantial lump sum settlement and can now get on with his life.

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Back Injury Debilitates a Department Store Manager

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“Leslie” was a manager at a major department store who suffered a crippling back injury, which required her to endure eight painful back operations. Leslie’s insurance company denied her claim in spite of the fact that her job required her to be on her feet most of the day as well as continually bend. This denial was based solely on language in one of her doctor’s treatment notes stating that she was “feeling better.”

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How Do Executives Prove Long Term Disability?

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Executives and other high-level professionals face unique challenges when filing for long term disability benefits. Your role likely requires constant decision-making, leadership, and accountability, all of which can become difficult or impossible to maintain when you are struggling with a serious illness or injury.

At Riemer Hess, we have extensive experience representing executives, senior managers, and professionals across industries in securing their long term disability benefits.

Below we’ll answer common questions executives have about the long term disability claims process.  

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