( August 24, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Initial briefing before the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has concluded in an appeal of a decision that upheld termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits under a “regular care of a physician” requirement, with the insurer arguing that the claimant is seeking “to prevent the district court’s enforcement of the Plan terms” and the claimant countering that the insurer “offers no authority holding it can disclaim its way out of regulations and plan requirements for its communications, because none exists.”...