What is FEGLI? FEGLI stands for Federal Employee’s Group Life Insurance and is a life insurance program for Federal and Postal employees and annuitants. The law related to FEGLI is authorized by law and can be found in Chapter 87 of Title 5, United States Code. The Office of Personnel…
Repeating what was stated in the post immediate to this one, “It is important to understand how difficult claims that are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) can be. The law in this area of law is very tough for claimants.” This is illustrated again in a…
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a confusing area of law for most people who have those type of policies and it is also confusing for attorneys. An opinion dealing with the time periods for filing a life insurance claim are discussed at length in a 2021 opinion…
This post is a continuation of Parts 1, 2, and 3, posted earlier. This case involves a life insurance policy claim denial that is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The opinion is from the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, and is styled, Erica Talasek v.…
Repeating what was stated in the post immediate to this one, “It is important to understand how difficult claims that are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) can be. The law in this area of law is very tough for claimants.” This is illustrated again in a…
It is important to understand how difficult claims that are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) can be. The law in this area of law is very tough for claimants. This is illustrated again in a December 2020, opinion styled, Erica Talasek v. Unum Life Insurance Company…
Here is a strange case from the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. It is a 2020 opinion styled, Pruco Life Insurance Company v. Blanca Monica Villarreal, Transamerica Life Insurance Company v. Blanca Monica Villarreal. This is a hard fought dispute over a large life insurance policy and discovery being…
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) offers many of the same types of insurance coverage for individuals as other plans. The distinctions with ERISA is that the plan is a plan for employers to offer to employees that is set and governed by Federal Law rather than…
Well, here is a case where the claim isn’t denied. In fact it was paid. But now the insurance company is suing the person who received the money and seeking to have the money returned. The opinion is a 2020 opinion from the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division,…
When Life Insurance claims are denied, a beneficiary should always have an insurance attorney look over the reasons for denial. Most the time an experienced life insurance lawyer can find a way to make a recovery on the case. But, sometimes it doesn’t work out. An opinion form the Southern…