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: P.I.S.S.D. -- Personal Injury, Social Security DisabilityDead Peasant Insurance Policies Draw Litigation
By Robert Kraft
In a blog on the Wall Street Journal website (2/24) Ashby Jones wrote that "dead peasant" insurance policies are "spawning a good deal of litigation." Jones said, "The point of 'dead peasant' policies seems to be this: Companies contribute money to the policies, which then can be used to pay for a variety of company expenses. In addition, when employees, retirees and former employees die, the company receives tax-free death benefits." He added, "in the Texas case, the widow of a disabled former employee of Houston-based Amegy Bank NA is suing to recover $1.6 million in life-insurance death benefits the bank received after her husband died last year."
From the American Association for Justice news release.
Full post as published by P.I.S.S.D. -- Personal Injury, Social Security Disability on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).
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