THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK v. BLUMENFELD

6303, 601212/08.

92 A.D.3d 487 (2012)

938 N.Y.S.2d 84

2012 NY Slip Op 1103

THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. REBEKA BLUMENFELD et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided February 14, 2012.


On April 25, 2006, plaintiff insurer issued a life insurance policy with a $5,000,000 death benefit, requiring quarterly premiums of $70,658.25. Defendant Rebeka Blumenfeld was the insured, and the beneficiary/policy owner was defendant the Blumenfeld Family Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (the Trust). The policy included a two-year contestability clause, pursuant to Insurance Law § 3203 (a) (3).

Defendant insured, who was retired and in her late 70s, represented...

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