Williams post-mortem: Answers to 9 questions in suicide cases
August 15, 2014 by Warren S. Hersch
The death of actor and comedian Robin Williams has brought to light issues focusing on life insurance policy death benefit claims in cases where the insured committed suicide within a policy’s two-year contestability period. To explore these issues, LifeHealthPro Senior Editor Warren Hersch interviewed Jerome Reisman, an attorney and partner at Reisman, Peirez Reisman & Capobianco LLP. Reisman specializes in representing beneficiaries denied coverage and/or payment under policies to recover payment. He also defends carriers in such actions.
The fact that someone commits suicide is, by itself, not sufficient to deny a policy claim, according to Reisman.
Originally Posted at LifeHealthPro on August 15, 2014 by Warren S. Hersch.
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