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The Third Circuit Requires Benefit Denial Letters to Contain Plan Limitations Period

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In Mirza v. Insurance Administrator of America, Inc., No. 13-3535 (3d Cir. August 26, 2015), the Third Circuit became the latest Court to require benefit denial letters to include a notification of the plan’s limitations...more

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What Happens When The Limitations Provision in the Plan As Applied Creates An Impossible Accrual Date?

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Approximately six months ago, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co., 134 S. Ct. 604 (2013), addressed whether an employee benefit plan covered by the Employee...more

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After Heimeshoff: Applying An ERISA Plan’s Contractual Limitation of Actions Provision

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In Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 134 S.Ct. 604 (2013), the Supreme Court held that an ERISA plan’s contractual limitations period can be enforced, so long as the claimant has a reasonable time after exhausting...more

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Time’s Up: Supreme Court Upholds Enforcement of Claim Limitations in ERISA Plan Language

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Christmas may have come a little early for plan administrators and companies looking for clarity in ERISA litigation. Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. that...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Enforcement of Plan Document Limitations Period for Benefit Claims

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In a decision handed down yesterday, Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co., the Supreme Court confirmed that ERISA plan documents may prescribe an enforceable limitations period for the assertion of benefits...more

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