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When a Phone Call Beats the Plan's Writing Requirement: District Court Upholds Telephonic ERISA Beneficiary Change
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June 10, 2026

"[The court] granted judgment on the administrative record to [MetLife] in an ERISA dispute over group life insurance benefits, holding that an insured substantially complied with the plan's beneficiary-change requirements when she designated a new beneficiary by telephone, and that the disappointed claimant could not establish entitlement to the benefits in any event." [Adams v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., No. 24-0668 (M.D. La. June 9, 2026)]  MORE >>

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