Disability Insurer Properly Rescinded Policy, Federal Judge Says In Adopting Report

Mealey's (July 27, 2022, 1:16 PM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. —  In a July 22 docket order, a New York federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to grant a disability insurer’s motion for summary judgment, agreeing with the magistrate judge’s conclusion that the insurer properly rescinded the disability policy based on fraudulent and material misrepresentations made by the insured regarding a preexisting neck condition and that the insurer did not act in bad faith in handling the insured’s claim....