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District Court Dismisses ERISA Suit For Life Insurance Proceeds Because Insured’s Death from Drug Overdose Was Excluded Under the Policy

District Court Dismisses ERISA Suit For Life Insurance Proceeds Because Insured’s Death from Drug Overdose Was Excluded Under the Policy

In LePino v. Anthem Blue Cross Life & Health Ins. Co., No. 22-CV-4400 (NSR), 2023 WL 5001439 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 4, 2023), New York Southern District Judge Nelson S. Román granted…

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District Court Finds Beneficiary’s Claim Against Guardian For Life Insurance Proceeds Is Preempted by ERISA

In Waggeh v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. CV 22-11800-FDS, 2023 WL 4373897 (D. Mass. July 6, 2023), District of Massachusetts Chief Judge Saylor granted Guardian’s motion to…

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District Court Upholds MetLife’s Payment Of Life Insurance Proceeds To Intestate Decedent’s Mother

In Graves v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., No. 4:23-CV-00947, 2023 WL 4237099 (S.D. Tex. June 28, 2023), Texas Southern District Judge granted MetLife’s Motion to Dismiss a Complaint brought by…

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California Equal Insurance HIV Act Bars Insurers From Declining Applications For Life or Disability Insurance

California Equal Insurance HIV Act Bars Insurers From Declining Applications For Life Or Disability Insurance, But Permits Insurers To Refuse Or Limit Coverage And Charge Different Rates Based On sound…

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Eighth Circuit Finds Additional Time to Convert Group Life Coverage Did Not Extend Policy’s 31-day Automatic Death Benefit Period

In Powell v. Minnesota Life Ins. Co., No. 22-2096, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 2174841 (8th Cir. Feb. 23, 2023), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether a letter from an…

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Fourth Circuit: In Suit for ERISA Plan Benefits, Court Cannot Equitably Toll Deadline to Convert Life Insurance Policy to Individual Coverage

In Hayes v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 21-2406, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 2175736 (4th Cir. Feb. 23, 2023), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the question of whether,…

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