Mealey's (December 1, 2017, 9:19 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — A Maryland federal judge on Nov. 29 denied a request to extend the relevant time period for discovery as to 11 class policies experiencing an 2015 cost of insurance (COI) increase in a dispute over an alleged life insurance fraud scheme that shifted debt to reinsurers (Richard Dickman, et al. v. Banner Life Insurance Co., No. 16-192, D. Md.)....