Can a beneficiary of a life insurance policy be changed if the beneficiary of the policy wishes to receive the proceeds from the policy on his death?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. Hartshorn, 238 F.2d 417 (9th Cir. 1956):
The principle is the same as to the beneficiary of an insurance policy. Grimm v. Grimm, supra. Here decedent could have desired appellant to receive the proceeds of the policy on his death and the easiest way for him to accomplish this result would be to leave the
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policy as it stood on the books of the company. It is not logical to say that if he wanted appellant to benefit he would have had to redesignate her as beneficiary.[238 F.2d 426]
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