Archives
- 2013.05.14: Illinois House and Senate Pass Competing State Pension Bills
- 2013.05.10: Michigan Court Does Not Enforce State Ban on Discretionary Clauses in Long Term Disability Plans Where the Policy Was Issued in Another State
- 2013.05.03: Discretionary Clauses in Long Term Disability Plans Are Unenforceable Even When Not in the Insurance Policy
- 2013.04.19: Health Insurers Covering Medical Expenses May Have to Share in Cost of Attorneys' Fees for Participants' Recoveries in Personal Injury Lawsuits
- 2013.02.06: Forum Selection Clause in Disability Plan Held Unenforceable
- 2012.11.16: Genetic Predisposition Held Not a Sickness or Disease in Accidental Death Insurance Policy
- 2012.11.14: Prudential Wrongly Denied Long Term Disability for Depression and Anxiety Triggered by Car Accident
- 2012.11.11: Widow Can Proceed with Claim Against Employer Where Life Insurance Coverage Lapsed
- 2012.11.10: Drunk Driving Still Problematic in Accidental Death Insurance Plans
- 2012.11.09: What Do the Election Results Mean for Health Insurance?
- 2012.10.04: Long Term Disability Insurer Improperly Terminated Benefits Based on Surveillance
- 2012.10.02: Long Term Disability Insurer Is a Proper Party to an ERISA Claim for Benefits
- 2012.08.25: Supreme Court Will Hear ERISA Case Regarding Reimbursement to a Health Insurance Plan
- 2012.07.25: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds ERISA Plan Administrator is Liable for the Life Insurance Benefits It Mislead a Participant into Thinking She Would Receive
- 2012.06.25: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds ERISA Disability Insurer Cannot Recover Social Security Disability Past Due Benefits from Insured
- 2012.04.22: Illinois Governor Unveils Pension Reform Proposal
- 2012.02.10: Fiduciary of Retirement Plans Liable Because of Losses Attributable to Investment in Subprime Mortgage Backed Securities
- 2011.12.07: If You Win Your Disability Case, How Are You Compensated for the Time You Did Not Have Benefits?
- 2011.11.14: What Should a Benefits Denial Letter Communicate to You?
- 2011.11.07: Court Held BNSF Did Not Interfere with Railworkers' Pension Benefits
- 2011.10.31: Employer's Failure to Provide Departing Employee Forms to Request Distribution Was a Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- 2011.10.24: Failure to Remove Employer Stock from 401(k) Held Not a Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- 2011.10.17: Seventh Circuit Reissues Opinion on Self Reported Symptoms Limitation in Disability Policy
- 2011.10.10: What to Do if Your Employer Clearly Says It Will Not Pay Your Pension Benefit
- 2011.10.03: Who Do You Sue Under ERISA When Your Health Insurance Claim is Denied?
- 2011.09.30: Pension Fund Cannot Terminate Participant's Benefits Because the Employer Stopped Contributing
- 2011.09.27: ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty for Failing to Notify Profit Sharing Plan Participant of How to Request Distribution
- 2011.09.20: The Only Question in ERISA Fees Litigation Should Be Whether the Fees Are Reasonable
- 2011.09.16: Spousal Waiver of Survivor Benefit Upheld by Seventh Circuit
- 2011.09.07: Seventh Circuit Rejects Argument Again that a 401(k) Plan Paid Excessive Fees for Retail Class Rather than Wholesale Class Mutual Funds
- 2011.09.02: Cost of Living Adjustment Is a Protected Accrued Benefit in Pension Plans
- 2011.08.26: Seventh Circuit Avoids Recognizing Estoppel Claims Against a Pension Plan
- 2011.08.20: Plan Amendment Taking Away Right to Receive Annuity While Working Was Not a Cutback
- 2011.08.10: CUNA's Elimination of Accrued Account Balance for Post-Retirement Health Care Upheld by Seventh Circuit
- 2011.07.31: Disability Plan Liable for Attorney Fees When Waiting to Pay Benefits Until Complaint Filed
- 2011.07.22: Disability Plan Cannot Rely on Limitation in Policy that Was Not Disclosed in SPD
- 2011.07.06: LINA's Surveillance of Disability Benefits Applicant Used to Terminate Benefits, but Termination Was Arbitrary and Capricious
- 2011.07.03: Only Multiemployer Plans May Make Disability Determinations at Quarterly Meetings
- 2011.06.30: Combined Deferred Compensation and Severance Agreements Not Necessarily ERISA Plans
- 2011.06.27: Aetna's Denial of Disability Benefits Held to Be an Abuse of Discretion
- 2011.06.24: Employee Assistance Programs on the Rise: Disability Plans Often Overlooked
- 2011.06.23: From Which Date You Measure an ERISA Statute of Limitation
- 2011.06.22: 9th Circuit Permits Benefits Claim Against Insurer
- 2011.06.12: Courts Still at Odds over What Language Grants Discretion to an ERISA Plan Administrator
- 2011.06.08: Employer Creating a Plan for Employees to Own the Company? Take a Close Look Before Investing in that ESOP
- 2011.06.05: Why Your Executive Employment Agreement May Reference Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy
- 2011.06.02: Don't Forget to Update Your Beneficiary Designations on Employer Sponsored Retirement or Life Insurance Plans
- 2011.05.30: Executive Compensation - Looking up in 2011
- 2011.05.28: ERISA Health Insurance Plans Empowered to Use Collection Agents to Seek Reimbursement and Subrogation
- 2011.05.27: When Your Health Insurance Plan Refuses to Pay the Hospital for Your Surgery, It Will Be Your Problem!
- 2011.05.24: CIGNA v. Amara Keeps Surprises Coming
- 2011.05.20: What Every Injured Person Needs to Know about ERISA Governed Health Insurance Plans
- 2011.05.18: Insurers' Practice of Accepting Premiums and Later Denying Coverage May Come Under Fire in Wake of Amara
- 2011.05.17: ERISA ยง 502(a)(3) Strikes Back: Unexpected Expansion of "Other Appropriate Equitable Relief"
- 2011.05.12: GM Retirees Sue over Executive Retirement Plan Benefits
- 2011.05.06: What the Chicago Executive Needs to Know About Dodd-Frank Clawbacks
- 2011.04.30: Employees of Small Business More Likely to Become Part Owners of Their Employers
- 2011.04.23: Need to Continue Doctor Visits or Course of Treatment Under Disability Plans
- 2011.04.16: Investing Your Retirement Account Assets in Employer Stock--Silly or Smart?
- 2011.04.14: Is the Pending Illinois Legislation Education Reform or Educator Pension Reform?
- 2011.04.13: Is Your Employer Shopping Service Providers to Ensure the 401(k) Plan Pays Competitive Rates?
- 2011.04.10: Do Social Security Payments to Your Children Reduce ERISA Long-Term Disability Benefits?
- 2011.04.07: Why Some Health Insurance and Disability Plans Still Have Discretionary Clauses in Illinois
- 2011.04.04: Pension Plans Subject to Benefit Restrictions Following the Pension Protection Act of 2006
- 2011.03.31: Getting a Lawyer Involved in a Disability Case Immediately Is Critical
- 2011.03.28: What Does "Out-of-Pocket Maximum" Really Mean?
- 2011.03.24: Voluntary High Risk Behavior Can Affect Your Right to Benefits Under an AD&D Policy
- 2011.03.21: Why Some Long-Term Disability Claimants with Cancer Struggle in Obtaining Benefits
- 2011.03.18: Some Long-Term Disability Plans Still Ignoring Awards of Social Security Disability Benefits
- 2011.03.16: Pre-authorization for Surgery, but Insurance Denies Claim After the Procedure (Again)
- 2011.03.14: DOL Announces Public Forum on Automatic Enrollment into Employers' Health Plans
- 2011.03.13: 24-Month Limitations on Mental Health Disability Coverage and When They Can Be Challenged
- 2011.03.12: Are Employees Stuck with Hospital Bills When the Employer Fails to Pay the Health Insurance Premium?
- 2011.03.11: Accidents Resulting in Aggravation of Prior Condition Raise ERISA Subrogation and Reimbursement Problems
- 2011.03.10: Suffering from a Condition which Objective Tests Do Not Show Does Not Disqualify You for Long-Term Disability Benefits
- 2011.03.09: DOL Extends Public Comment Period on Testimony Regarding Proposed Regulation Redefining "Fiduciuary"
- 2011.03.08: Illinois Legislators Mull a Tax on Retirement Income
- 2011.03.03: The Importance of Not Delaying in Seeking Benefits
- 2011.03.02: Ban on Discretionary Clauses in Health and Disability Insurance Policies Upheld; Discovery Still Limited in Benefit Denial Cases
- 2011.02.28: You Don't Always Have to Lose Your Job to Receive Severance Benefits
- 2011.02.25: What Happens When Your Health Insurance Administrator Tells You a Procedure is Covered, but then Denies Coverage?
- 2011.02.18: DOL Issues Agenda for Hearing on Proposed Regulation Changing the Definition of "Fiduciary"
- 2011.02.14: The Need to Consult an ERISA Lawyer Before Signing a Severance Agreement
- 2011.02.10: Will My Illinois Health Insurance Now Cover a Party to a Civil Union?
- 2011.02.03: Can a Same Sex Partner in Illinois Now Become a Surviving Spouse Under Your Pension?
- 2011.01.27: As Corporate Downsizing Is on the Rise, So Is Mishandling of Severance Cases by Attorneys
- 2011.01.20: Misclassifying You as an Independent Contractor May Deny You Benefits Due
- 2011.01.13: Chicago Area Supplemental Retirement Plans in Jeopardy
- 2011.01.06: If You Are Receiving Disability Payments, Look (at Your Policy) Before You Leap (Employers)
