Pot edibles could lead to higher life insurance premiums
Canadians looking to enjoy soon-to-be-legalized pot-infused edibles could get hit with higher insurance premiums — depending on the size of their appetites. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - June 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Business Source Type: news
Prudential enters into regional agreement with H ælthTech in Asia
Hong-Kong headquartered life insurance company Prudential announced that it has entered into a regional agreement with H ælthTech, a specialist provider of technology solutions and operating platforms for insurers. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - June 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Suicide risk: automated underwriting versus medical experts - Deshauer D.
In the early 20th century, the rating of higher risk, “substandard” applicants for life insurance was largely the purview of physicians known as medical directors of life insurance companies.1,2 Medical directors from the United States and Canada me... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
MetLife Plans To Disrupt $2.7 Trillion Life Insurance Industry Using Ethereum Blockchain
MetLife is utilizing the live public Ethereum blockchain to add transparency and efficiency to the life insurance claims process. This program has the potential to transform the insurance industry as a whole, creating new markets, products, and servicing a diverse set of customers at lower costs. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 19, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Steven Ehrlich, Contributor Source Type: news
High Court Denies Petition, Allows Ruling In Disability Insurer's Favor To Stand
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on May 28 denied a disability claimant's petition for writ of certiorari, refusing to review the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' decision that the disability claimant was not disabled from his own occupation as an anesthesiologist because the medical evidence supported the insurer's finding that the claimant could perform the duties of his own occupation with appropriate accommodations (Timothy O'Neill D.O. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 18-1305, U.S. Sup.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Disability Insurer Did Not Have To Consider Each Of Claimant's Unique Job Duties
NEW ORLEANS - The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 23 reversed and remanded a district court's ruling in favor of a disability claimant after determining that the insurer's denial of benefits was not an abuse of discretion because, according to Fifth Circuit precedent, the insurer properly considered the general duties of the claimant's regular occupation and did not have to account for each of the claimant's unique job duties (Juanita Nichols v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 18-60499, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15396). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Disability Benefits Owed To Claimant, Alabama Federal Judge Determines
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A disability claimant is entitled to long-term disability (LTD) benefits under his employer's disability plan because the evidence supports a finding that the claimant was unable to perform the material duties of his regular occupation, an Alabama federal judge said May 20 in granting the claimant's motion for summary judgment (Bobby Johns Wiley v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., No. 16-1936, N.D. Ala., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84077). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
LTD Benefits Owed; Claimant Is Not Capable Of Working In Any Occupation, Judge Says
MINNEAPOLIS - A disability claimant is entitled to long-term disability (LTD) benefits under a plan's any-occupation standard because the evidence clearly shows that the claimant is not capable of working in a sedentary position as a result of her disability, a Minnesota federal judge said May 28 (Melissa A. McIntyre v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 17-5134, D. Minn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88536). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Evidence Supports Insurer's Termination Of Disability Benefits, Panel Affirms
SEATTLE - A district court did not err in entering judgment in favor of a disability insurer because the insurer's termination of benefits is supported by sufficient evidence, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said May 31 (Todd J. Mickel v. Unum Group, dba Paul Revere Life Insurance Co., No. 18-35178, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 16354). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Issues Of Fact Exist As To Whether Claimant Is Owed Total Disability Benefits
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida federal judge on May 30 denied a disability income insurer's motion for summary judgment and referred the disability claimant's suit to a federal magistrate judge for a settlement conference after determining that questions of fact exist as to whether the claimant was entitled to total disability benefits under the policy (Joseph J. Thomas v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., No. 18-14166, S.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90543). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
LTD Benefits Must Be Paid Based On Claimant's Full Salary, Judge Determines
CHICAGO - A disability claimant's long-term disability (LTD) benefits must be based on the claimant's full salary and not a reduced salary incorrectly implemented for two months by his employer because the terms of the claimant's employment agreement provided that the claimant would receive a full salary beyond the date upon which the claimant became disabled, an Illinois federal judge said May 21 in granting the claimant's motion for summary judgment (David Schewitz, M.D. v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., No. 18-6119, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85157). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Breach Of Fiduciary Claim Against Disability Insurer To Proceed, Judge Says
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas federal judge on May 24 denied a disability insurer's motion to dismiss a breach of fiduciary duty claim arising out of the insurer's administration of a plan participant's benefits claim because dismissal of the breach of fiduciary allegation would be premature (Kelly Dean Brende v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., Nos. 15-9711, 19-2042, D. Kan., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87777). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
LTD Benefits Claim Dismissed; Plaintiff Failed To Exhaust All Remedies
NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana federal judge on May 9 dismissed a plaintiff's claim seeking long-term disability (LTD) benefits because the plaintiff failed to exhaust all administrative remedies on the LTD claim (Lea Zerangue v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co,, No. 19-1939, E.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78446). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Alabama Federal Judge Denies Disability Insurers' Confidentiality Motion
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama federal judge on May 17 denied a motion to uphold confidentiality designation in a disability benefits dispute after determining that the insurers failed to prove how they would be harmed if a number of exhibits are disclosed (Horace R. Theriot Jr. v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., No. 18-688, M.D. Ala., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87538). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 11, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
