Short Term Disability and the Coronavirus
Short Term Disability and the Coronavirus Worried about getting the coronavirus and losing time from work? Hoping your short term or long term disability policy will pay for your time off if you get sick? We will explore how some disability companies are handling...
Healthcare Workers and COVID-19
Workers' Comp for Healthcare Workers Diagnosed With COVID-19 If you believe you may have been exposed to COVID-19 at your workplace in Virginia, especially if you are a healthcare worker, you may be eligible for workers' compensation. Here are some answers to...
Flatten The Curve!
Flatten the Curve! What You Need To Know Here's what you need to know to help "flatten the curve" of the COVID-19 outbreak. On January 22nd one case of the the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, was diagnosed in the United States. After those initial reports of...
What Everyone Should Know About Head-On Truck Crashes
What Everyone Should Know About Head-On Truck Crashes Without a doubt, head-on collisions involving heavy trucks are often devastating. You might think that head-on truck crashes rarely happen. If you think that, you'd be wrong! Unfortunately, head-on crashes...
Has Northwestern Mutual Denied Your Disability Claim?
Has Northwestern Mutual Denied Your Disability Claim? Northwestern Mutual is a popular provider for long-term disability coverage in the United States. The company sells many short-term and long-term disability policies to our...
Most Dangerous Roads In Augusta County
Most Dangerous Roads In Augusta County This article focuses on crash statistics from Augusta County, Virginia, to reveal the most dangerous roads in Augusta County. Augusta Co. Most Dangerous Roads — 2017 Crashes In 2017, there were a total of 1,255 car crashes in...
The 3 Rs of the Virginia Retirement System Disability
The 3 R's of Virginia Retirement System Disability Years ago, most anyone could have told you that the 3 R's of education are "reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic." Those subjects are still thought to be the foundations of education. In Virginia Retirement System...
Heavy Industry Accidents: Park Center Drive, Winchester, VA
Heavy Industry Work Accidents and Injuries Injuries on the job in steel, oil drilling, mining, and shipbuilding, and other heavy industries Heavy industry workers are particularly vulnerable to accidents on the job. Heavy industries can include steel workers, oil...
Do I Have A Case?
Do I Have A Case? Not surprisingly, a large percentage of injured people who call our offices want to know whether or not they "have a case." Whether they've been injured in a car accident, had a work accident, or want to apply for disability benefits, one of their...
5 Ways Insurance Adjusters Reduce The Value Of Your Claim
5 Ways Insurance Adjusters Reduce the Value of Your Claim Adjusters at insurance companies get paid to deny or reduce the value of your injury claim. That's their job. If you get an adjuster on your injury claim who does his or her job well, your claim will likely...
Daylight Savings: Lose An Hour, Don’t Lose Your Life
Daylight Savings Time Brings Fatal Car Crashes The Commonwealth of Virginia's Highway Safety Challenge is reporting a consistently high number of fatal traffic crashes on Virginia's roadways. In past years, Virginia has seen increases in the number of fatal crashes...
Roadways Are Dangerous for Truckers Too
Roadways Are Dangerous for Truckers Too There has been much press lately about truck crashes and the danger to smaller vehicles due to truck driver error. Due to the size of large trucks, the danger to smaller vehicles on the highway is indisputable. When there is a...