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: 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 was written to demonstrate that universal life and indeterminate premium products are similar to participating plans. Followed by several discussion papers submitted.

Description: This section presents multiple insurance-related legal cases from 1954: 1. AVIATION EXCLUSlON PILOT: Ezell v. Atlantic Life Insurance Company, 2. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL INCOME TAX-OIL ROYALTIES AND BONUS: Great National Life Insurance Company v. Campbell, 3. SIMILAR CORPORATE NAMESADMISSlON TO Do BUSINESS IN STATE : United Life Insurance Company v. United Insurance Company, 4. DOUBLE INDEMNITY MILITARY EXCLUSION: Langlas v. Iowa Life Insurance Company, 5. STATUTE REQUIRING COPY OF APPLICATION TO BE ATTACHED-FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY: Wheeler v. Ben Hur Life Association, 6. BENEFICIARY'S RIGHT TO ASCERTAIN AND TO PAY PREMIUM: American Life Insurance Company v. Hauer, 7. QUARTERLY PREMIUM IN EXCESS OF ONE-QUARTER OF ANNUAL RATE: Cohen v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 8. SETTLEMENT OPTION-TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION: Hall vs. Mutual Life Insurance Company, 9. DEATH DUTIESLIABILITY OF COMPANY UNDER ANNUITY: Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company v. Dimond, 10. DELIVERY OF POLICYPOLICY MAILED TO AGENT: Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company vs. Dees,

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.