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Long COVID LTD Claim Survives Summary Judgment: Hartford’s Flawed Tolling Calculation Triggers ERISA Deemed Exhaustion Rule

In Bianchini v. The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 24-CV-6535 (JGLC), 2026 WL 810303 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 24, 2026), Plaintiff Bianchini, a former director of digital marketing at Blackstone…

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District of Idaho Denies Leave to Add New York Life as Defendant in ERISA Disability Case, Finding Proposed Amended Complaint Fails to Plausibly Allege Control Over Benefits Determination

In Gadberry v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 2:25-cv-00391-BLW, 2026 WL 765698 (D. Idaho Mar. 18, 2026), the District of Idaho granted in part and denied without prejudice…

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ERISA Benefits Claim for Failure to Plausibly Allege Primary Coverage, but Remands to Permit Amendment

In Mendoza v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, No. 23-13674, 2026 WL 775293 (11th Cir. Mar. 19, 2026), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of an ERISA § 502(a) claim where the…

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Western District of Kentucky Upholds Rescission of Supplemental Life Coverage Based on Material Misrepresentation in Evidence of Insurability

In Florentino v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co., No. 3:24-CV-643-CHB, 2026 WL 751918 (W.D. Ky. Mar. 17, 2026), the Western District of Kentucky addressed a familiar but often heavily…

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Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits for Long COVID Claim Due to Lack of Objective Evidence of Functional Impairment

In Alexander v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 25-974, 2026 WL 742865 (2d Cir. Mar. 17, 2026), the Second Circuit affirmed a judgment in favor of Unum Life…

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Sixth Circuit Holds ERISA’s Actuarial Equivalence Requirement Bars Use of Unreasonably Outdated Mortality Assumptions

In Reichert v. Kellogg Co., No. 24-1442, ---F.4th----, 2026 WL 734673 (6th Cir. Mar. 16, 2026), the Sixth Circuit addressed an increasingly litigated issue in ERISA pension cases—whether defined benefit…

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