Insured’s Breach Of Contract Claim Against Disability Insurer To Proceed

Mealey's (December 7, 2018, 1:32 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — An insured adequately alleged facts in support of a breach of contract claim against a disability insurer but failed to support a claim that the insurer acted vexatiously and unreasonably in refusing to renew the insured’s disability policies, an Illinois federal judge said Nov. 21 (Donald Astar v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., No. 18-4895, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 198434)....