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

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

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 paper discusses the following cases: Rudolph V. United States- concerning taxability of agent convention travel, State Board Insurance v. Todd Shipyards Corporation- concerning premium tax for unlicensed insurers, United Services Life Insurance Company v. Delaney- concerning aviation restrictions in a life insurance policy, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Wood- concerning conditional approval, Hartford Live Stock Insurance Company v. Phillips- concerning livestock insurance with an undisclosed pre-existing condition, State Security Life Insurance Company v. Kinter- concerning the due date for monthly premiums to prevent lapsation.

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: Topics and cases discussed include: Pension Plan Tort Liability for Incomplete Information: Gediman v. Anheuser Busch Deposit with State Treasurer Liability for Release to Insurance Commissioner: Hometrust Life Insurance Company v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company.

Description: This article summarizes the following insurance-related legal cases from 1959 and 1960: 1. McCarran Act-FTC Jurisdiction-Mail Order Insurance: Federal Trade Commission v. Traveler's Health Association, 2. New York Premium Notice Statute-Notice to Assignee: Maloney v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 3. Good Health Clause-Waiver and Estoppel: Souter v. State Mutual Life Assurance Company, 4. Insurable Interest of Corporation-Proceeds of Policy as Taxable Income: Ducros v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 5. Stock Life Company-Rights of Participating Policyholders-Charter Limitations: Ohio State Life Insurance Company v. Clark 6. Policy Restriction Against Assignment-Direction to Pay Cash Value: Magus v. National Life and Accident Insurance Company, 7. Creditor's Right-Insurance Purchased with Loan Procured with Fictitious Collateral: First National Bank v. Pope, and 8. Officer Unworthy of the Public Confidence-Constitutionality of Texas Statute: Jordan v. State Board of Insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 32.

Description: This article consists of the Legal Notes from the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20. The author summarizes recent insurance-related legal decisions.

Description: This paper presents the following insurance cases: United States v. Henning, Hogan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Weigel, Freeport Sulphur Company v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Mabbitt v. Wilkerson, Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Daniels, Motors Insurance Corporation v. Robinson, Neff v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Re Schwarz' Estate from Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Harding v. Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company, Beley v. Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company, Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Reed, and Toulouse v. New York Life Insurance Company.