Mealey's (November 8, 2019, 12:45 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — A disability insurer’s denial of a long-term disability claim for substance abuse was not arbitrary and capricious because the medical evidence supports the insurer’s finding that the pre-existing condition exclusion applied as a bar to benefits, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Nov. 7 (Anthony J. Ferrizzi v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 18-11803, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 33350)....