ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORPORATION v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON

No. 11-P-193.

81 Mass. App. Ct. 674 (2012)

ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORPORATION & others v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen Gallagher ( Robert B. Gibbons with him) for the plaintiffs.

George A. Berman ( Fred A. Smith, III , & David M. Goldhaber , of Illinois, & Susan E. Cohen with him) for the defendants.

Present: GRAHAM, GRAINGER, & HANLON, JJ.


GRAINGER, J.

We address the most recent chapter in a fifteen year old consumer class action suit against Allmerica Financial Corporation and various corporate affiliates (Allmerica) alleging improper practices (so-called "vanishing premium" misrepresentations and related improprieties) in the sale of life insurance policies.

Background. The underlying class action lawsuit, Bussie v. Allmerica...

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