Federal Judge Remands LTD Claim To Plan Administrator For Full, Fair Review

PHOENIX - A disability insurer abused its discretion by failing to consider all of the available evidence and by failing to engage in a meaningful dialogue with the claimant during the handling of the benefits claim, an Arizona federal judge said Sept. 1 in remanding the claim to the plan administrator (Wendy S. Vaughan v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 16-341, D. Ariz., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143169).
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