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THE LIFE INSURANCE POLICY REQUIRED WRITTEN NOTICE OF ANY ASSIGNMENT OF THE POLICY; THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE PRECLUDED THE ASSIGNEE FROM BRINGING A CLAIM UNDER THE POLICY AGAINST THE INSURER (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Halligan, answering a question from the Second Circuit, determined the failure to give notice of the assignment of the life insurance policy precluded the assignee from suing the insurer:

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has asked us to determine whether, where a life insurance policy provides that “assignment will be effective upon Notice” in writing to the insurer, the failure to provide such written notice voids the assignment so that the purported assignee does not have contractual standing to bring a claim under the Policy … . … [W]e reformulate the question as follows:

Where a life insurance policy provides that ‘assignment will be effective upon notice’ in writing to the insurer, does the failure to provide such written notice deprive the purported assignee of contractual standing to bring a claim under the Policy against the insurer?

We answer the reformulated question in the affirmative. Brettler v Allianz Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.2023 NY Slip Op 05958, CtApp 11-20-23

Practice Point: Here the life insurance policy required written notice to the insurer of any assignment of the policy. The failure to provide notice precluded the assignee from bringing a claim under the policy against the insurer.

 

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