ERISA Benefit Denial Letter Must Identify Contractual Limitations Period
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21
An Illinois federal court recently held that the failure to identify a contractual limitations period in a benefits denial letter renders the limitations period unenforceable, even before applicable regulations were changed to expressly require that the limitations period be included. Hewitt v. Lincoln Financial Corp., 2021 WL 353884 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 2, 2021)....
By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP