WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices are questioning a Virginia law that would override a federal employee’s designation of a beneficiary in a federal insurance program. Warren Hillman listed Judy Maretta as the beneficiary of his Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says life insurance companies have paid more than $262 million to more than 32,000 consumers nationwide after an investigation of unpaid benefits. The state Department of Financial Services probe found many insurance companies regularly ...

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Caesar Rossilli has joined Redmer Insurance Group as personal lines manager. Rossilli oversees the sale of personal lines insurance including auto, home, life, umbrella, recreational vehicles and boat policies. Rossilli previously served as regional insurance manager for Long & Foster ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York-based life insurance companies have paid out more than $52 million so far in benefits nationwide after regulators urged the firms to make greater use of a regularly updated list of confirmed deaths compiled by the ...

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The questions around life insurance — Do I need it? How much? What kind (term, universal, whole life, variable, fixed)? — keep many people awake at night. And once purchased, how do you know you made the right decision? You ...

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The turbulence of the financial markets and state of the economy in recent years have caused smart investors to become more focused on transparency in their investment selections, on understanding the risk in their portfolios, and on ensuring that their ...

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Contracts Life insurance BOTTOM LINE: Under the mailbox rule, a lapsed life insurance policy was reinstated where the insured directed his bank to electronically pay the premiums three days prior to his death, even though at the time of the ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for an attorney who assisted the children of an incompetent person in the execution and recording of forged and fraudulent documents. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Coppola, ...

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