×
Menu
Search
Home > Blog > Blog

Ninth Circuit Finds Employer Waived Life Insurance Policy’s Evidence of Insurability Requirement as Agent of Insurance Company

Ninth Circuit Finds Employer Waived Life Insurance Policy’s Evidence of Insurability Requirement as Agent of Insurance Company

In Cho v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 20-55314, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 2885855 (9th Cir. July 9, 2021), First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“First Reliance”) appealed the…

Read More

Sixth Circuit Affirms Unum’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits Due to Employer-Specific Basis for Stress-Related Disability

In Holden v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 20-6318, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 2836624 (6th Cir. July 8, 2021), the Sixth Circuit affirmed Unum Life Insurance Company’s decision to…

Read More

Seventh Circuit: No Standalone Federal Cause of Action to Impose Successor Liability for Delinquent ERISA Plan Contributions

In Cent. Illinois Pipe Trades Health & Welfare Fund v. Prather Plumbing & Heating, Inc., No. 20-2525, __F.4th __, 2021 WL 2819035 (7th Cir. July 7, 2021), the Seventh Circuit…

Read More

In Withdrawal Liability Dispute, Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Presumption That Leasing Property to a Withdrawing Employer Is a Trade or Business

In Loc. 705 Int’l Bhd. of Teamsters Pension Fund v. Pitello, No. 20-2142, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 2818326 (7th Cir. July 7, 2021), a dispute over unpaid withdrawal liability, the Plaintiff…

Read More

Fifth Circuit Holds Medical Provider Tort Claim Against NFL Is Preempted by ERISA

In Advanced Physicians, S.C. v. National Football League, No. 20-10998, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 2773112 (5th Cir. July 1, 2021), the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s (N.D. Tex) dismissal of…

Read More

Fifth Circuit Rules for ERISA Claimant Where Disability Claim Straddles Two Insurance Companies That Both Deny Coverage

What happens when an employee becomes disabled during a period when his employer switches long-term disability carriers and both carriers disclaim coverage? In Talamantes v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., No.…

Read More

Get The Help You Need Today

Inner form image

LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE

Contact Us

We know how to get your insurance claim paid. Call today at:
(510) 230-2090

Close Popup