Insurer’s Termination Of Disability Benefits Was Reasonable, Judge Determines

Mealey's (October 26, 2020, 1:50 PM EDT) -- ABERDEEN, Miss. — A disability insurer did not abuse its discretion in terminating a claimant’s long-term disability (LTD) benefits under the plan’s any-reasonable-occupation standard because the termination of benefits was reasonable based on the medical evidence, a Mississippi federal judge said Oct. 23 (Jeffrey E. Crump v. Aetna Inc., No. 19-109, N.D. Miss., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197375)....