Tenth Circuit: Hartford Fulfilled Its Obligation to Investigate the Existence of Beneficiaries in ERISA Life Insurance Dispute
Tenth Circuit: Hartford Fulfilled Its Obligation to Investigate the Existence of Beneficiaries in ERISA Life Insurance Dispute
In Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Jones-Atchison, et al., No. 20-6135, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 4258761 (10th Cir. Sept. 20, 2021), Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company brought an…
Eighth Circuit Holds that Maine Ban on Discretionary Authority in Health Plans Does Not Apply to AD&D Insurance Policy
In Williams v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 20-1694, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 3729660 (8th Cir. Aug. 24, 2021), involving a dispute over the denial of accidental death and…
Second Circuit Finds Aetna Had Discretion to Decide Life Insurance Claim and Did Not Abuse Discretion Denying Accidental Death Benefits
In Tyll v. Stanley Black & Decker Life Ins. Program, Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 20-1060, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1748474 (2d Cir. May 4, 2021), a dispute under the Employee…
Fifth Circuit Holds That Death Caused By Mishap During Insured’s Self-Treatment Falls Under Accidental Death Policy’s Medical Treatment Exclusion
In Lebron v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al., No. 20-20165, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1396574 (5th Cir. Apr. 13, 2021), the Fifth Circuit was tasked with…
Eighth Circuit Upholds Unum’s Interpretation of “Crime” Exclusion in AD&D Policy to Death Caused By Illegal Speeding and Passing Vehicles
In a dispute over the payment of accidental death benefits, Boyer v. Schneider Elec. Holdings, Inc., No. 19-3144, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 1244397 (8th Cir. Apr. 5, 2021), the Eighth Circuit…
District Court Denies LINA Summary Judgment in Accidental Death Benefits Dispute Where Decedent Was Under Influence of Cocaine and Marijuana
The recent district court decision in Degreenia-Harris v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 2:19-CV-00218, 2021 WL 1165502 (D. Vt. Mar. 26, 2021) shows us how the presence of…
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