Mealey's (January 31, 2019, 10:13 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — American Family Insurance Co. and its affiliates properly classified its agents as independent contractors, a split Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 29, reversing a trial court ruling in favor of the agents on claims that they had been misclassified and deprived of rights and protections provided under various laws, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al., No. 17-4125, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 2905)....