Insurer Did Not Breach Contract, Act In Bad Faith By Denying Life Insurance Claim

(February 11, 2019, 12:47 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A life insurer did not breach its insurance contract or act in bad faith by denying a  wife’s claim for life insurance benefits following her husband’s death because the husband was no longer insured under the life insurance policy and the insurer provided numerous notices that the husband’s coverage would be canceled per the terms of the plan, a Washington federal magistrate judge said Jan. 28 (Rebecca Augsburger v. Navy Mutual Aid Association, No. 17-1817, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13245)....