Courts reluctant to interfere with written beneficiary designations
Wednesday, April 05, 2017 @ 10:50 AM | By Michael Lesage
The interpretation of insurance contracts is one of the more settled areas of law. While courts consider a number of factors, as denoted in MacDonald v. Chicago Title Insurance Co. of Canada 2015 ONCA 842 and similar cases, the general rule of thumb is that the policy language controls. On occasion, this leads to perverse results, as occurred in the recent case of Moore v. Sweet 2017 ONCA 182.
The Moore case involved a dispute over whether the current spouse, and listed irrevocable beneficiary, or the...
The Moore case involved a dispute over whether the current spouse, and listed irrevocable beneficiary, or the...
