The Ninth Circuit for the first time addresses whether the fiduciary exception applies to insurance companies in the ERISA context. In an ERISA case, a claimant is entitled to conduct discovery regarding communications between claims handlers and in-house counsel in an attempt to determine whether the insurer’s decision was improperly influenced by a conflict of interest.
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