9th Circ Asks Calif. High Court To Rule On Insurance Lapse

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Ninth Circuit panel asked the California Supreme Court on Thursday to clarify whether state laws regarding the steps insurance companies must take before canceling a policy for premium non-payment apply to policies issued out-of-state but later maintained in California, in a case over a widow's $2 million claim against a MetLife unit.

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