TUTOR v. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP. et al

  1. December 05, 2023

    Private Equity Firm Can't Opt Out Of $110M Settlement Late

    A Pennsylvania federal judge denied a private equity firm’s late bid to opt out of a nearly $110 million class action settlement over a life insurance company’s rate hikes, finding that accepting the firm’s bid, submitted six weeks after the opt-out deadline, would “render class action settlement opt-out deadlines meaningless.”

  2. October 06, 2023

    Lincoln National To Pay $109M To Rate Increase Fund

    Owners of more than 50,000 Lincoln National Corp. life insurance policies will split a pool of $109 million to settle claims that Lincoln imposed burdensome cost-of-insurance charges to force policy lapses and avoid paying benefits, a Pennsylvania federal court ruled.