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Sixth Circuit Finds ERISA Life Insurance Claim Time-Barred Under Clear Repudiation Rule
In D.S.S. v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, et al., No. 21-5315, 2022 WL 95165 (6th Cir. Jan. 10, 2022), a dispute over the payment of life insurance benefits, the…
Eighth Circuit Revives Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim Against MasterCard for Misrepresentations About Life Insurance Coverage
In Delker v. MasterCard Int’l, Inc., No. 20-3600, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 38468 (8th Cir. Jan. 5, 2022), the Eighth Circuit determined that Plaintiff-Appellant Edward Delker plausibly alleged a claim for…
First Circuit Affirms Denial of Accidental Death Insurance Benefits Based on Suicide Exclusion
In Alexandre v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, No. 21-1140, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 18778 (1st Cir. Jan. 3, 2022), Plaintiff-Appellant Mary Alexandre appealed the district court’s judgment…
Ninth Circuit Interprets California Insurance Code to Require Payment of Interest on Life Insurance Benefits Only After a Claim Is Submitted
In Workman v. Dearborn National Life Insurance Company, No. 20-55182, 2021 WL 6140042 (9th Cir. Dec. 29, 2021), the Ninth Circuit considered whether the California Insurance Code requires a life…
Ninth Circuit Orders Remand to Insurance Company to Decide Claimant’s Entitlement to “Any Occupation” Disability Benefits in the First Instance
Plaintiff Yolanda Rios had long-term disability benefit claims under two ERISA-governed disability insurance policies issued by defendants Unum Life Insurance Company and Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company (collectively, “Unum”).…
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Allstate Retirees Are Not Entitled to Lifetime Vesting in Life Insurance
Yesterday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Klaas v. Allstate Ins. Co., No. 20-14104, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 6124337 (11th Cir. Dec. 28, 2021). This matter involves…
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