Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the trial court's finding that the insured did not substantially comply with the requirements of her life insurance policies in order to effectuate a change of beneficiary (see, Schoenholz v New York Life Ins. Co., 234 N.Y. 24). The insured allegedly requested a change of beneficiary form, but she completed it incorrectly before returning it to the plaintiff
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