Category Archives: Workers Compensation
10 Surprising Reasons An Insurance Company Might Deny Your Claim
There are some obvious reasons why an employer and its insurer might deny your workers’ compensation claim; the most obvious being if the employer thinks your injury is not related to your work activities, or if they contend you were intoxicated at the time of your accident. However, some reasons that insurance companies deny… Read More »
Update: Direct Deposit with Sedgwick CMS
In previous blog posts we have noted that both Travelers Insurance and Gallagher Bassett offer direct deposit of weekly Georgia workers’ compensation checks. This week we helped another client set up direct deposit – this time with Sedgwick Claims Management Services. Sedgwick has a short one-page application that you will need to complete to request… Read More »
Workers’ Compensation Disputes
The O’Connell Law Firm, LLC represents injured workers in workers’ compensation claims which have been denied or unreasonably delayed. In this article, we’ll discuss common scenarios in which insurance companies will deny a claim or purposefully delay benefits. Many of our clients contact the Firm because their claim has gotten tied up in the… Read More »
