A Social Security Administration rule under which the agency, when making a disability benefits determination, needn’t consider another federal agency’s decision that the person is disabled, is valid, the Fourth Circuit said Monday.

Republican congressional leaders want the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to turn over more information on a ransomware attack that exposed the identifiable information of 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

A lawsuit accusing Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of shortchanging certain retirees’ pensions inched forward when a federal magistrate judge in Manhattan recommended that the case be certified as a class action covering more than 1,800 people.

Aetna Life Insurance Co.'s tentative deal to resolve litigation over its coverage of certain spinal surgeries appeared to be in jeopardy when the parties notified a California federal judge that the deal might not go forward.

Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting legislation that would thwart a rule allowing retirement portfolio managers to weigh climate change and other environmental, social and governance issues in their investment decisions.

A lawsuit claiming the African Methodist Episcopal Church retirement plan lost more than $90 million through mismanagement and malfeasance is moving forward after a federal judge issued a lengthy ruling resolving multiple motions to dismiss.