7th Circuit Panel Finds Benefits Termination Was Not Arbitrary And Capricious

Mealey's (January 10, 2017, 9:28 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A disability insurer’s termination of benefits was not arbitrary and capricious because the evidence supported the termination and the insurer minimized any conflict of interest by employing a number of safeguards, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Jan. 6 (Donna Geiger v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., No. 16-2790, 7th Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 245)....