Work Incentive Benefit Was Properly Applied To Offset Disability Benefits

Mealey's (March 9, 2018, 8:32 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A work incentive benefit included in a disability policy’s summary plan description does not violate the disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and was properly applied to offset a disability claimant’s monthly benefits, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal said March 7 (Howard Lyle Abrams v. Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., No. 16-55858, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5780)....