Life Policy Found Void as an Illegal Human Life Wager

In a recent decision issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia – Atlanta Division, the Court found that an insurance policy taken out on the life of Kelly Douglas Couch and issued by Jackson National Life Insurance Company was void ab initio as “an illegal human life wager.” In a […]

Litigation follows close behind cost of insurance increases

Over the past few years a number of life insurers have raised annual cost of insurance charges (COI) in ways that many consumers once thought impossible.  For the most part, COI increases have targeted flexible premium universal life policies – the kind of life insurance policies that the insurance industry marketed as retirement savings vehicles. […]