On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Apr 11, 2018 | Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, News, News Blog
ERISA protects employees from abuse of their employer-sponsored benefit plans by establishing procedural protections and codifying fiduciary relationships. Under ERISA, plan fiduciaries must administer the plan in accordance with their duties of loyalty and prudence....
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Apr 11, 2018 | Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
In the April 6, 2018 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Robert J. McKennon and Stephanie L. Talavera of the McKennon Law Group PC published an article entitled “Ruling Addresses When A Third-party Acts as ERISA Fiduciary,” discussing a new Ninth Circuit Court of...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Apr 9, 2018 | Accidental Death or Dismemberment, Agent/Broker, Disability Insurance News, Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Litigation Blog, Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance
Generally, an insurer need not investigate statements made in an application for insurance, subject to certain exceptions. Instead, the potential policyholder or applicant must fully disclose all known material information. If a potential insured does not correctly...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Apr 2, 2018 | Benefits, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, Firm News
Pain is a highly subjective, personal phenomenon. Only the person suffering from pain can adequately describe that pain and how that person is affected by the pain. And we know that one person may be capable of tolerating a completely different threshold of pain when...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Apr 2, 2018 | Benefits, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, Firm News
Pain is a highly subjective, personal phenomenon. Only the person suffering from pain can adequately describe that pain and how that person is affected by the pain. And we know that one person may be capable of tolerating a completely different threshold of pain when...