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UK Pensions in dispute - July 2025

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A scheme has been ordered to pay over GBP50,000 by the Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) for failure to pay lump sum death benefits within a two-year window set out in the scheme’s rules: CAS-66581-S4T8. The rules provided that...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Co-fiduciary Can’t Be Sued for Indemnification in 8th or 9th Circuits First Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co. v. Giorgio Armani...

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Section 405 of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides for joint liability for co-fiduciaries of a pension, health or welfare benefit plan. ...more

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Court Sheds Light on ERISA’s Fiduciary Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege

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A federal district court in Ohio recently attempted to shed some light on when internal communications between an ERISA plan administrator and its in-house counsel are discoverable and when they are protected by the...more

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Back to Basics – Costly Consequences of Ignoring Process in Benefits Administration

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The stories of an employer and a long-term disability insurer and claims fiduciary for an ERISA plan, defendants in two recent cases, ring so true. In the first case, the insurer was designated as claims fiduciary for an...more

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