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Eighth Circuit Holds Arkansas Law Banning Discretionary Clauses Does Not Apply to Disability Insurance Policy Renewed Prior to Law’s Effective Date

Eighth Circuit Holds Arkansas Law Banning Discretionary Clauses Does Not Apply to Disability Insurance Policy Renewed Prior to Law’s Effective Date

In Roebuck v. USAble Life, No. 19-1855, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 1216217 (8th Cir. Apr. 1, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellant Karen Roebuck appealed the district court’s order holding that USAble Life did not…

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Ninth Circuit Finds Claim for Occupational Disability Pension Benefits Constructively Denied for Plan’s Failure to Comply with ERISA’s Time Limits

Hoffman v. Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension Plan, No. 20-55534, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1041693 (9th Cir. Mar. 18, 2021) involves a former stuntwoman’s claims for Disability Pension and Occupational Disability Pension…

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District Court Permits Sun Life to Proceed with Fraud Counterclaim in Dispute Over ERISA-Governed Long-Term Disability Benefits

The ERISA claims and appeals process is rife for areas of disagreement. In what was filed as a run-of-the-mill long-term disability benefit lawsuit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act…

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District Court Finds Business Owner “Inadvertently” Created an ERISA Plan When the Company Offered and Paid for Its Employees’ Long-Term Disability Insurance

A recent district court decision, Steigleman v. Symetra Life Ins. Co., No. CV-19-08060-PCT-ROS, 2021 WL 778605 (D. Ariz. Mar. 1, 2021), shows us how a business owner who purchases long-term…

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District Court’s Refusal to Consider Portions of Unum’s Regulatory Settlement Agreement Shows Importance of ERISA’s Pre-Litigation Appeals Process

A recent district court order deciding a long-term disability dispute highlights the importance of claimants with ERISA-governed claims to submit everything to the claims administrator that they might want a…

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Tenth Circuit Affirms Award of Long-Term Disability Benefits to Employee Who Became Disabled During Lay-Off Notice Period

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided Carlile v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 19-4123, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 671582 (10th Cir. Feb. 22, 2021). This case presents a…

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