Disability Insurer’s Benefits Termination Was Not Arbitrary, Capricious, Judge Says

(November 7, 2023, 2:58 PM EST) -- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A disability claimant failed to show that a disability insurer’s reliance on the opinions of its staff physicians was arbitrary and capricious or that the insurer’s conflict of interest affected its decision to terminate the claimant’s benefits, a Tennessee federal judge said Nov. 6 in adopting a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to grant the insurer’s motion for judgment on the administrative record....