LTD Claimant Wins On Bonus Issue, Loses Bid To Overturn Benefits Termination

( August 20, 2025, 8:10 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge ruled that excluding bonuses when calculating benefits for a long-term disability (LTD) claimant “was unreasonable and an abuse of discretion” under the circumstances but affirmed the eventual termination of the benefits under an “any occupation” standard and rejected the claimant’s argument that there were procedural defects in the insurer’s review....