LTD Benefits Denial Under Preexisting Condition Exclusion Is Overturned

( July 22, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT) -- GREENVILLE, S.C. — Concluding that an insurer’s application of a preexisting condition exclusion was not reasonable, a South Carolina federal magistrate judge ruled that a claimant who stopped working shortly after being tentatively diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) was wrongly denied long-term disability (LTD) benefits....