Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Claims Against Life Insurer To Proceed

(January 21, 2020, 1:06 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — Claims alleging breach of contract and bad faith against a life insurer can proceed, an Oregon federal judge said Jan. 10 after determining that the insured sufficiently alleged facts to support the claims arising out of the life insurer’s alleged mistake in issuing a loan to the insured based on what the insurer believed was the value of her life insurance policy  (Kathleen Tibbets v. Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, No. 19-796, D. Ore., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4488)....