Mealey's (September 6, 2016, 1:16 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 31 affirmed that a bonus agreement offered by an employer to a select number of employees does not qualify as an Employee Retirement Income Security Act employee welfare benefit plan because “the purchase of insurance alone is insufficient to demonstrate an ERISA plan” (Sarah Mozingo Martin, et al. v. Trend Personnel Services, et al., No. 15-11263, 5th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 16146)....