Unum Beats AIG Employee’s Long Covid Disability Insurance Claim

First Unum Life Insurance Company did not unfairly deny an insurance underwriter’s disability claim because his medical records did not indicate he was unable to work, a California federal judge ruled Monday.

Siam Mendoza sued Unum in May 2024, alleging the insurer breached its duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act after he began suffering a barrage of symptoms while working for American International Group Inc.

Mendoza said he had contact with a friend who had Covid-19 in December 2020. He was hospitalized with Covid-like symptoms shortly thereafter and presumed to have Covid-19 by his physician, although he never ...