Description: This article is from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. The author summarizes recent court cases involving life insurance law.

Description: This article summarizes major insurance related litigation in 1951 on subjects related to assignment of risks, war clauses, effective date of surrender, premium due dates, misrepresentation, aviation exclusion, premium taxes, insurable interest, and group versus individual insurance.

Description: This paper examines the following cases from 1963: 1.MISREPRESENTATION CHOICE OF LAW: Fleet Messenger Service v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 2. LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENT DELAY CONFLICT of LAWS:Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware v. Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, 3. MISREPRESENTATION SUBSTANDARD POLICY: Turner v. Manhattan Life Insurance Company, 4. AVIATION RESTRICTION DEATH BY DROWNING AFTER CRASH: Rauch vs. Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, 5. LIFE INSURANCE FEDERAL INCOME TAX-TAX EXEMPT INTEREST: Atlas Life Insurance Company vs. United States of America, 6. DIVIDEND LESS THAN ANNUAL PREMIUM- DUTY OF INSURER TO APPLY DlVIDEND: Simmons 9. Cambridge Savings Bank, 7. ACCIDENTAL MEANS HEART ATTACK CAUSED BY EXERTION: Linden Motor Freight Company v. Travelers Insurance Company

Description: This report looks at a number of court decisions related to insurance contract clauses summarizing the facts of the case and the outcome. Subjects included are the aviation exclusion, assignment of dividends, the incontestable clause, termination of disability benefits, binding receipts, policy assignment, and beneficiaries rights.

Description: This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1959. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1958. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.

Description: This paper presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1959. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: Recent life insurance cases are discussed in this report. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This section discusses several insurance-related legal cases from 1953 including: 1. STATUTE REQUIRING APPLICATION TO BE ATTACHED EFFECT OF ATTACHING EXTRA PAPER: Nacchio v. New York Life Insurance Company 2. DATE Or LAPSEPoLICY NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL DELIVERY: Pyramid Life Insurance Company vs. Williams 3. DOUBLE INDEMNITYWAIVER AND ESTOPPELINSURER'S FAILURE TO INFORM INSURED POLICY WAS NOT ISSUED AS APPLIED FOR: Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society vs. Counts 4. KILLING OF INSURED BY HEIRINHERITANCE OF POLICY PROCEEDS: Strickland vs. Wysowatcky, 5. PREMIUM TAXES-RETALIATION: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Parkinson, 6. AGENT AS BENEFICIARY-CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIP: Fifield vs. Crowe, 7. MISREPRESENTATION As TO OCCUPATION AND HABITSPROFESSIONAL GAMBLER: DeBellis vs. United Benefit Life Insurance Company, 8. WAR EXCLUSION-UNDECLARED WAR: Beley vs. Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company, 9. DOUBLE INDEMNITYAVIATION EXCLUSIONMILITARY EXCLUSION: Western Reserve Life Insurance Company vs. Meadows, 10. STATF LIFE FUNDREJECTION OF ALL COLORED APPLICANTS: Lange vs. Rancher

Description: This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1957, including a case regarding interpretation of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 with amendments, FIT deduction of group disability benefits, FTC jurisdiction over advertising, group life employee ineligibility and incontestable clause, date of reinstatement, and claims issues.