ERISA Disability Benefit Claims

This training covers the basics of disability benefit claims governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and is designed to be an introduction course for practitioners with no or limited experience handling ERISA benefit claims. Topics include:

• How to identify an ERISA plan
• Available claims and remedies
• Common terms in long-term disability policies
• ERISA benefit claims procedure
• Preparing a strong pre-litigation appeal
• How to avoid inadvertent waiver of ERISA claims