HealthExtras Class Action Settlement
Class Eligibility
Members of an insurance plan that was endorsed by Christopher Reeve, and included disability, accident, sickness, or travel insurance, and was sometimes offered as the HealthExtras Catastrophic Accidental Disability Program, the HealthExtras Benefits program, the American Express Accidental Disability Plan, the Catastrophic Accident Plan, or the Accident Protection Plan
Estimated Amount
Varies
After attorney’s fees and other expenses are set aside the $15,000,000 pool will be divided proportionately among all qualified class members
UPDATE: The Court held a hearing on April 27, 2017, and granted Final Approval of the Settlement on that date. The Settlement Administrator has received over 135,000 Proof of Claim Forms and is in the final stages of fully processing all of the Claims and calculating the distribution of the net Settlement Funds. This work will be completed as promptly as time permits, given the need to investigate and tabulate each Claim. At this point, we anticipate distribution to valid Class Member-Claimants to occur in November. Please notify the Settlement Administrator of any change of address
Proof of Purchase
Yes
Case Name
Giercyk v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA et al.Case No. 2:13-cv-06272-FSH-MAH
United States District Court
District of New Jersey
Case Summary
In the class action lawsuit referenced above, certain Plaintiffs sued the entities identified as “Defendants” in section #2 of the Notice, claiming that at various times from 1999 through 2014, each was involved in the sale or underwriting of allegedly invalid or illegal disability, dismemberment, casualty, emergency accident and sickness medical expense benefit, or travel insurance coverage.
Defendants have denied all of Plaintiffs’ allegations and any other wrongdoing however the settlement agreement is preliminarily approved by the court
Settlement Pool
$15,000,000
Settlement Website
Deadline
03/31/17
Contact
HealthExtras Settlement
Settlement Administrator
c/o Heffler Claims Group
P.O. Box 60167
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(844) 245-3767