Watch disability lawyers Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia discuss the latest trends seen in Metlife’s handling of disability insurance claims. There seems to be an increase in disability claim denials.

It is no secret that disability insurance companies will often seek out the same medical consultants that they have used hundreds of times before to perform “independent” medical reviews of disability claims. This would not pose a problem if the medical consultants (i.e., physician, nurse, therapist) were fair, unbiased and not affected by the huge financial rewards which come with maintaining a steady stream of business flowing from a client that is a multi-billion dollar insurance company.
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