Allsup Celebrates 275,000 Successful Customers Receiving Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits

BELLEVILLE, IL--(Marketwired - November 17, 2016) - Allsup announced today it has reached a historic milestone in helping 275,000 customers with disabilities to successfully navigate the complex and lengthy Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) process.

"For more than 32 years, Allsup has been driven to help our customers with disabilities access the Social Security disability benefits they earned while working and understand their alternatives when a severe disability forces them to leave work," said Jim Allsup, chairman, founder and CEO.

More than three decades of commitment to the needs of those with disabilities allowed Allsup to expand its services-from coordinating health insurance benefits to assisting those who wish to return to work. Allsup has always been at the forefront of developing web and mobile tools to support its customers.

With empower by Allsup®, people with disabilities can assess their likely eligibility for SSDI benefits in about 15 minutes online. They also can get started with their online application with Allsup as their representative, benefiting from more than 32 years of SSDI expertise, user-friendly videos, and live customer service and support. empower by Allsup is accessible by desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile devices. Customers also can learn the importance of considering returning to work if they medically recover.

Reasons To Choose SSDI Representation

Allsup frequently answers questions about SSDI representation and outlines the following advantages for people with severe disabilities.

• Eligibility determination: With empower by Allsup, individuals can find out in minutes their likelihood of being eligible for Social Security disability benefits. The Social Security Administration's requirements are stringent and include regulations regarding work history and insured status. Learn more at Allsup.com.
• Expert SSDI assistance: Allsup disability experts know and understand Social Security's regulatory policies for the SSDI program. They can help inexperienced Social Security disability applicants avoid innocent mistakes with their initial application that might lead to a denial. This includes important features in empower by Allsup to help accurately complete their initial application.
• Advocacy: Filing an SSDI application with empower by Allsup provides claimants with convenient, online SSDI advocacy on their side. Customers receive representation and expertise that is focused on helping them to receive their benefits. This is not the same service offered through the government's online forms.
• Hearing-level support: Customers who appeal their denial can receive SSDI representation for their hearing, assistance in preparing for the hearing, and someone to help present their claim for disability insurance benefits before an administrative law judge.
• Success: People who choose Allsup to file their SSDI application have a 50 percent higher success rate with their initial claim. An important advantage of seeking representation with an application is improved likelihood of receiving benefits at the beginning. Individuals who receive approval at the application can avoid the hearing, where the national wait time now averages 545 days, or 18 months.

To qualify for SSDI benefits, individuals must have paid FICA payroll taxes, usually worked five of the last 10 years, and have a severe work-disrupting injury or illness that is expected to last at least a year, or is terminal. Applicants also must be under full retirement age (65-67).

Find more information about SSDI eligibility and filing an SSDI application on Allsup.com.

ABOUT ALLSUP

Allsup and its subsidiaries provide nationwide Social Security disability, veterans disability appeal, return to work, exchange plan and Medicare services for individuals, their employers and insurance carriers. Allsup professionals deliver specialized services supporting people with disabilities and seniors so they may lead lives that are as financially secure and as healthy as possible. Founded in 1984, the company is based in Belleville, Illinois, near St. Louis. Visit Allsup.com.