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District Court Adopts Interpretation of ERISA Plan Requiring First Unum to Pay Higher Amount of Long-Term Disability Benefits

District Court Adopts Interpretation of ERISA Plan Requiring First Unum to Pay Higher Amount of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Glickman v. First Unum Life Insurance Company, No. 19-CV-5908 (VSB), 2023 WL 3868519 (S.D.N.Y. June 7, 2023), New York Southern District Judge Vernon S. Broderick granted judgment to Plaintiff,…

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Tenth Circuit Upholds Hartford’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits and Finds Procedural Irregularities Do Not Alter Standard of Review

In Easter v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 21-4106, 2023 WL 3994383 (10th Cir. June 14, 2023), an unpublished opinion, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant…

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District Court Finds Hartford Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Denying LTD Benefits Because Claimant Could Perform the Same Occupation at Other Companies

In Artz v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-CV-0391-BHL, 2023 WL 3752006 (E.D. Wis. June 1, 2023), Wisconsin Eastern District Judge Brett H. Ludwig granted judgment to Hartford…

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Eighth Circuit Holds ERISA Plan Participant Has Standing to Sue Health Plan’s Former Third-Party Administrator and Upholds Denial of Medical Claim

In Shafer v. Zimmerman Transfer, Inc., No. 22-2275, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 3857343 (8th Cir. June 7, 2023), a case seeking to recover ERISA medical benefits, the Eighth Circuit considered (1)…

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Ninth Circuit Revives ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim for Longtime Miscalculation and Payment of Disability Benefits

In Morris v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, No. 21-56169, 2023 WL 3773656 (9th Cir. June 2, 2023), a dispute involving a miscalculation of long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits, the Ninth Circuit…

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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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