Description: This section presents and summarizes major life insurance-related legal cases from 1957.

Description: This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases from 1955. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19. Cases discussed involve marine insurance, disability insurance, grace period, inheritance tax, war restrictions and other agent related issues.

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

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 summarizes the following insurance-related legal cases from 1951 and 1952: 1. Incontestable Clause-Effect of Death Within Period: Prudential Insurance Company v. Ruby, 2. Premium Tax-Annuity Considerations: Corporation Commission v. Equitable Life Assurance Society, 3. Murder of Insured by Beneficiary-Rights of Contingent Beneficiary: Beck v. West Coast Life Insurance Company, 4. Double Indemnity-Right to Autopsy-Demand within Reasonable Time: Reardon v. Mutual Life Insurance Company, 5. Insurance Commissioner-Limitations of Authority-Revocation of Company's License to do Business: Bankers Life and Casualty Company v. Cravey, 6. Effective Date of Policy-Date for Payment of Renewal Premiums: Lentin v. Continental Assurance Company, 7. Group Insurance-Bank Depositors: Mutual Bank & Trust Company v. Shaffner, 8. Killing of Insured by Beneficiary-Rights of Contingent Beneficiary: Bullock v. Expressmen's Mutual Life Insurance Company, 9. Aviation Exclusion-Conflict with Incontestable Statute: Jordan v. Western States Life Insurance Company, 10. Creditors' Rights-Endowment Contract-Exemption Statute: Fox v. Swartz, 11. Settlement Option-Testamentary Disposition: Hall v. Mutual Life Insurance Company, and 12. Aviation Exclusion-Aeronautic Flight: Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Reed. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1952, Vol. 4, No. 8.

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.

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 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 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 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.