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

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: 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 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 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 section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1958.

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 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.

Description: This paper presents and examines the following cases: United States v. Manufacturers National Bank, Flemming v. Nestor, Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs. Minser, Schrader v. Prudential Insurance Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Metropolitan Insurance Company, Friedman v. Markman and Pan American Life Insurance Company v. Andrews. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.