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Insurance-Incontestability Clause-Fraud In Connection With Reinstatement, T. M. Kubiniec
Insurance-Incontestability Clause-Fraud In Connection With Reinstatement, T. M. Kubiniec
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff sued for disability benefits under a life insurance policy providing that it should be incontestable from its date and that insured's statements, in the absence of fraud, should be deemed representations and would not avoid the policy unless contained in a written application, a copy of which was attached to the policy when issued. Defendant sought to rescind the contract on the ground that a reinstatement granted some eighteen months before had been induced by fraudulent statements. Held, the reinstatement may be contested only within the time after reinstatement fixed for contesting the policy, and that fraud is …
Insurance--Insurable Interest--Assignment Of Life Insurance Policy As Collateral Security, Richard C. Scatterday
Insurance--Insurable Interest--Assignment Of Life Insurance Policy As Collateral Security, Richard C. Scatterday
Michigan Law Review
The insured and a revocably designated beneficiary jointly assigned a life insurance policy as collateral security for a prior indebtedness of the insured. Another policy and first deed of trust notes were also assigned as collateral by the insured. Upon the death of the insured, who obtained the policy and paid all premiums, the bank applied a proportionate amount of the proceeds from this policy to the debt and paid the remaining sum to the beneficiary. Executors of the estate of the insured seek to recover the sum paid by the bank to the beneficiary, while executors of the beneficiary …