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Insurance-Effect Of Incontestable Clause In Suit For Reformation Of Policy, N. S. Peterman S. Ed.
Insurance-Effect Of Incontestable Clause In Suit For Reformation Of Policy, N. S. Peterman S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
For over twenty years, defendant insurer accepted premiums on a life insurance policy issued to plaintiff. Defendant then discovered that a clerical error had been made in the original policy, as a result of which plaintiff's premium payments were approximately one-half the premiums defendant normally received for the type of policy actually issued. Defendant asked for reformation of the policy on the ground of mistake, and the trial court granted the relief sought. On appeal, held, reversed. The action was barred by the incontestable clause. Richardson v. Travelers Insurance Co., (App. 9th, 1948) 171 F. (2d) 699.
Life Insurance, The Forbidden Fruit, William J. Bowe
Life Insurance, The Forbidden Fruit, William J. Bowe
Vanderbilt Law Review
Until recently life insurance has represented the most impenetrable stronghold of the professional tax avoider and his advisors. As a vehicle for the transmission of wealth to future generations with minimum tax levies, it stood unrivaled. During a policyholder's life the value of his policy for gift tax purposes was and is measured by replacement cost.' Under applicable regulations during the thirties, when insurance was transferred by way of inter vivos gift the tremendous increase in value of the policy that came with death escaped gift tax, income tax, and estate tax. But since 1941 the situation has been reversed …