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An individual owns a life insurance policy and the insurance company refuses to pay the death benefit claim when the insured dies. This scenario is not beyond the realm of possibility as many state ...

The matter of establishing insurable interest in order to successfully make a claim in a contract of insurance has often been the subject of controversy between insurance companies and claimants.