Disability Insurer Must Provide Thorough Explanation For Termination Of Benefits

(March 30, 2023, 9:39 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Although a disability insurer’s termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits was not arbitrary and capricious, the insurer’s failure to provide a thorough explanation of its decision was unreasonable, a Massachusetts federal judge said in remanding the claim to the insurer to provide a thorough explanation for its finding that the claimant is capable of performing the duties of her own occupation as an attorney....