Allied Universal Urges Court to Toss Voluntary Benefits Case

A class action over commissions that security firm Allied Universal paid to brokers in its voluntary benefit plans should be dismissed because its premiums are lower than other companies’ plans, Allied and its consultants argued in a New York federal court.

Universal Services of America LP, doing business as Allied Universal; Mercer Health and Benefits Administration LLC; and Lockton Companies LLC urged the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to reject the case Wednesday, alleging the plans were not subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and that the brokers were not fiduciaries under the ...