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 ...

A series of novel fiduciary lawsuits over supplemental benefits is testing a new legal tactic against insurance brokers, ...

The complaints allege breaches of fiduciary duty related to the premiums charged for accident, critical illness, cancer and ...

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 ...

ERISA class action lawsuits against retirement plan fiduciaries have become commonplace over the last few decades, usually alleging that imprudent processes and lack of oversight led to excessive fees ...

In Patterson v. United Healthcare Insurance Company, 76 F.4th 487 (6th Cir. 2023), the Sixth Circuit held that the plaintiff insured had stated an equitable claim for disgorgement under ERISA where he ...

Fiduciary liability insurance protects a business from claims that a benefits plan was mismanaged. Learn what fiduciary ...

* The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) limits the ability of states to regulate many employer-sponsored health insurance plans for the purpose of avoiding duplicative or ...

At the 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), health and welfare plans governed by ERISA have become the topic of far-reaching compliance mandates and ...

Hospital executives, contracting personnel and revenue cycle teams may have heard about The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 — better known as ERISA — but few clearly understand how ...

When navigating the complex landscape of employee healthcare benefits, brokers are challenged to present options that differentiate more than 50 basis points between insurance carriers. Processing ...

Unum Life Insurance was hit with an ERISA lawsuit on Dec. 8 in Georgia Northern District Court. The court action, pertaining to long-term disability benefits, was brought by Rogers, Hofrichter & Karrh ...