Termination Of LTD Benefits Was Not Arbitrary, Capricious, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (March 27, 2020, 9:11 AM EDT) -- PEORIA, Ill. — A disability insurer’s termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits was not arbitrary and capricious because the insurer’s decision to discontinue the claimant’s benefits was not “downright unreasonable,” an Illinois federal judge said March 25 in granting the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (Arthur F. Feeney v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 18-1302, C.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51356)....