Important Dates and Deadlines

IMPORTANT DATES RELATED TO THE SETTLEMENT

Deadline for Class Counsel to File a Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Litigation Expenses, and Service Award to the Class Representative

February 24, 2025

File a Notice of Intention to Appear at the Final Approval Hearing

February 28, 2025

Submit an Objection

Postmarked by March 3, 2025

Submit a Request to Opt-Out of the Settlement*

Postmarked by March 3, 2025

Deadline for Class Counsel to File a Motion for
Final Approval of the Settlement

March 7, 2025

Final Approval Hearing

March 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. 

Deadline for Class Members With Denied Claims to Provide an Updated Beneficiary Designation Form to the Settlement Administrator

March 27, 2025 

Deadline for Class Members Whose Child Died or Dies BUT DID NOT Previously File a Claim to File a Notice of Potential Claim

If the Child Died BEFORE March 14, 2025. You should submit to the Settlement Administrator a Notice of Potential Claim. You must file a claim for benefits by 90 days after the Final Approval Order becomes Non-Appealable (which date will be at least 30 days after the Final Approval Hearing set for March 17, 2025).

 

If the Child Dies AFTER March 14, 2025, you must submit the claim in the manner outlined in the Summary Plan Description or the applicable group insurance policy. If you do not have those documents, you can request them in writing from the Plan Administrator (usually your employer).

Deadline for Class Members Without Eligible Dependent Children to file a Notice of Interest in Conversion Form

July 12, 2025

*The Court has certified this case as a mandatory class action, but has only allowed a choice to opt out for persons who filed a lawsuit challenging the denial of dependent child life insurance for which the child passed away between August 25, 2015 and March 14, 2025.  If you filed such a lawsuit and it is currently pending, you may opt-out of the Settlement and exclude yourself from the Class by sending a letter or written statement by March 3, 2025. If you have not filed such a lawsuit you may not opt-out of the Settlement.