Preexisting Conditions Exclusion Applies Based On Prior Treatment, Judge Says

( October 4, 2023, 2:33 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA —  A disability insurer’s denial of a long-term disability (LTD) claim was reasonable because the policy’s preexisting conditions exclusion bars coverage, a Georgia federal judge said after determining that an actual diagnosis for a sickness for which the claimant was treated prior to becoming an insured under the disability plan is not required for the exclusion to apply....