The top life insurance lawyers from our firm would like to share some life insurance beneficiary dispute cases.
In a $90,000 USAA Life Insurance Claim Denial, the policyholder named his wife as the sole beneficiary of his policy. He later executed a trust that left all his assets to his children from a previous marriage. When he died, his children claimed that the trust superseded the policy designation, but the outcome was that the wife was still the sole beneficiary.
In a Transamerica Life Insurance Claim Denial the policyholder named his wife as the primary beneficiary and his sister as the contingent beneficiary. He later divorced his wife and married another woman, but did not change his beneficiary designation. When he died, his second wife claimed that she was entitled to the policy proceeds as his surviving spouse, but the outcome was that the divorce revoked his ex-wife’s status and that his sister was the rightful beneficiary.
In a Senior Life Insurance Claim Denial, the policyholder named his wife as the primary beneficiary and his brother as the contingent beneficiary. He later separated from his wife and moved in with another woman, but did not change his beneficiary designation. When he died, his girlfriend claimed that she was entitled to the policy proceeds as his common-law spouse, but the outcome was that there was no evidence of a valid common-law marriage and that his wife was still the primary beneficiary.
In a Securian Life Insurance Claim Denial, the policyholder named his wife as the primary beneficiary and his children as the contingent beneficiaries. After his wife died, he remarried but did not change his beneficiary designation. When he died, his second wife claimed that she was entitled to the policy proceeds as his surviving spouse, but the outcome was that the children were the rightful beneficiaries.
In Genworth Life Insurance Claim Denial, the policyholder named his wife as the primary beneficiary and his son as the contingent beneficiary. He later divorced his wife and married another woman, but did not change his beneficiary designation. When he died, his ex-wife claimed that she was still the primary beneficiary, but the outcome was that the divorce revoked her status and that the son was the rightful beneficiary.
In an Americo Life Insurane Claim Denial, the policyholder named his wife as the sole beneficiary of his policy. He later executed a will that left all his property to his children from a previous marriage. When he died, his children claimed that the will superseded the policy designation, but the outcome was that the wife was still the sole beneficiary.
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