The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) passed a resolution in support of amending the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to enable state policymakers to enact more ...

On October 16th, the Public Policy Program hosted Dr. Miranda Yaver for a lecture titled Justice Denied: The Legal Architecture of Health Insurance Inequity. Dr. Yaver is an Assistant Professor of ...

At the 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), health and welfare plans governed by ERISA have become the topic of far-reaching compliance mandates and ...

For some employee benefit professionals, it may be hard to imagine that the landmark Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 marks its golden anniversary on September 2, 2024. Nearly 50 years ...

This is the second in a series on ERISA at 50. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which has helped ensure that millions of Americans, and ...

Unum Life Insurance was hit with an ERISA lawsuit on Dec. 8 in Georgia Northern District Court. The court action, pertaining to long-term disability benefits, was brought by Rogers, Hofrichter & Karrh ...

United Behavioral Health (Optum), UMR and Fidelity Investments were hit with an ERISA violation lawsuit on Jan. 21 in Massachusetts District Court over mental health treatment coverage. The action, ...

A breakdown of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Platt v. Sodexo, S.A., which held (in litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)) that an employer/plan sponsor could ...