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Category: Life Insurance
19 Nov 2018
Your ERISA Watch – District Court Rules State Law Claims Concerning Payment of Life Insurance Benefits Not Preempted by ERISA
Today’s notable decision is a district court decision in the matter of Flinn v. Minnesota Life Insurance Company, No. CV 18-10868-WGY, 2018 WL 5982021 (D. Mass. Nov. 14, 2018), a case involving the delivery of life insurance benefits to the…
15 Oct 2018
Your ERISA Watch – Sixth Circuit Holds No Breach of Fiduciary Duty for Failing to Inform Participant of Life Insurance Conversion Right
This week’s notable decision is Vest v. Resolute FP US Inc., No. 18-5046, __F.3d__, 2018 WL 4905751 (6th Cir. Oct. 10, 2018). The court affirmed the district court’s ruling that Plaintiff did not adequately plead a breach-of-fiduciary-duty cause of action…
13 Aug 2018
Your ERISA Watch – Court Rules No Remedy Available for Aggrieved Life Insurance Beneficiary
This week’s notable decision is another claimant-unfriendly opinion out of the Fourth Circuit neck of the woods – Dawson-Murdock v. National Counseling Group, Inc., et al., No. 3:18-CV-58, 2018 WL 3744020 (E.D. Va. Aug. 7, 2018). In this case, Plaintiff…
18 Jun 2018
Your ERISA Watch – Fifth Circuit Rules in Favor of Life Insurance Beneficiary Based on Expert Report Insurer Failed to Disclose During Claims Process
This week’s notable decision is White v. Life Insurance Company Of North America, No. 17-30356, __F.3d__, 2018 WL 2978641 (5th Cir. June 13, 2018), a dispute over life insurance benefits based on the application of an exclusion for death caused…
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