POSTED: Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 am

BY: dmc-admin

EmploymentERISA; conflict of interestA plan administrator's dual role of both evaluating and paying benefits claims creates a conflict of interestThat conclusion is clear where it is the employer itself that both funds the plan and evaluates the claim, but a conflict also exists where, as here, the plan administrator is an insurance company. For one ...