Insurer Breached Contract In Denying Surgeon’s Total Disability Benefits Claim

Mealey's (May 25, 2022, 8:21 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A disability insurer breached its contract in denying a claim for total disability benefits because the claimant was unable to perform the duties of his primary occupation as a liver transplant surgeon; however, the insurer did not unreasonably deny coverage, an Illinois federal judge said May 20....