California Federal Judge: Disability Income Insurer Properly Terminated Benefits

Mealey's (April 21, 2020, 1:22 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A disability income insurer properly terminated an insured’s benefits after the insured reached his 65th birthday because the policy provided benefits only until the insured’s 65th birthday and not until the policy expired, a California federal judge said April 20 in granting the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (Paul Stull v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., No. 19-1618, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69025)....