Description: This section presents and summarizes major life insurance-related legal cases from 1956, including claims issues, contract interpretation and misrepresentation by applicants.

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 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.

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: 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 1958. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.

Description: This section presents and summarizes several insurance-related legal cases from 1954: 1. ACCIDENT POLICY- ACCIDENTAL MEANS: Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company v. Douglass, 2. SUICIDE EXCLUSIONDATE OF ISSUE AND EFFECTIVE DATE: New York Life Insurance Company v. Noonan, 3. INCOME TAX DEFICIENCYGOVERNMENT'S CLAIM AGAINST BENEFICIARY: United States vs. New. 4. BANKRUPTCYPOLICY LOANS MADE AFTER APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE: Lake, Trustee vs. New York Life Insurance Company, 5. ANNUITY CONTRAcTRECOVERY OF CONSIDERATION: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Hardwick, 6. DOUBLE INDEMNITYWAIVER OF AGE LIMIT: Peninsular Life Insurance Company vs. Howard, 7. DEATH ON POLICY ANNIVERSARYDEDUCTION OF UNPAID PREMIUM: Callahan vs. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 8. GOOD HEALTH PROVISIONSUBSTANDARD RISK: Green vs. Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, 9. INSURANCE TRUSTTESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION: Gordon v. Portland Trust Bank, 10. MISREPRESENTATION AS TO INSANITYINCONTESTABLE CLAUSE: Arnold vs. Life Insurance Company of Georgia, 11. ACCIDENT INSURANCEBURNING OF BUILDING: Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Walt

Description: These are legal notes concerning policy owner federal income tax, taxation to an agent for expenses for sales convention travel, claims contest on a policy with false statements on the application, timing on surrender of a life insurance policy immediately before death, permitted investment by a life insurance company in a property/casualty company, extraterritorial issues pertaining to regulation of group life insurance, and tax deduction for reserves on pension contracts covering its own employees.

Description: This article summarizes several legal suits that involve insurance issues including rulings related to tax liens against life insurance policies, the suicide provision, the incontestable clause, tax exempt interest earned by a life company, and the right of a health company not to contract with a hospital.

Description: This section presents and summarizes insurance-related legal cases of 1953 including: 1. GROUP ANNUITY CONTRACTPERPETUAL OBLIGATION: Freeport Sulphur Company v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2. SERVICE OF PROCESSUNAUTHORIZED INSURER: Parmalee v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Association, 3. ORAL PLEDGE OR ASSIGNMENTCREDITOR'S RIGHT: Commercial National Bank v. Chapman, 4. DOUBLE INDEMNITYMILITARY EXCLUSION: Weissman v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 5. LIQUIDATION OF MUTUAL COMPANYJURISDICTION OF INSURANCE COMMISSlONER: Allyn v. Hull, 6. AVIATION EXCLUSIONPARACHUTE JUMP: Smith v. Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association, 7. SETTLEMENT OPTIONTESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION: Hall v. Mutual Life Insurance Company, 8. PURCHASE OF HOME OFFICE PROPERTYINSURANCE SUPERINTENDENT'S APPROVAL: Guardian Life Insurance Company vs. Bohlinger, 9. LOAN VALUE: DISABILITY AND DOUBLE INDEMNITY RESERVES: Chastang v. Mutual Life Insurance Company, 10. CONVERSION OF GROUP INSURANCESUICIDE: Lineberry v. Security Life and Trust Company, 11. DOUBLE INDEMNITYMILITARY EXCLUSION: Western Reserve Life Insurance Company vs. Meadows