In 2024, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act reaches a significant milestone — its 50th anniversary. This moment highlights ERISA’s enduring role in protecting employee benefits and emphasizes ...
The complaints allege breaches of fiduciary duty related to the premiums charged for accident, critical illness, cancer and ...
On ERISA preemption grounds, a federal court has ruled against state law claims asserted by the beneficiary of a former school teacher who sought benefits from a group life insurance policy. Woods v.
Editor's note: Read more Health Affairs Blog posts on the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. On March 1, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Gobeille v. Liberty ...
In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Plan participant’s attempt to extend California insurance law’s notice-prejudice rule to self-insured ERISA plans. Zagon v. Am.
Fiduciary liability insurance protects a business from claims that a benefits plan was mismanaged. Learn what fiduciary ...
Robert J. McKennon, founder of McKennon Law Group PC, which represents policyholders in their insurance disputes with insurers, asks and answers the top four most frequently asked questions concerning ...
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the allegations of a late MasterCard worker's spouse, who claimed the company breached its fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security ...
On October 16th, the Public Policy Program hosted Dr. Miranda Yaver for a lecture titled Justice Denied: The Legal Architecture of Health Insurance Inequity. Dr. Yaver is an Assistant Professor of ...
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