ICA Educational Podcast Series: Recent Episodes
ICA Disability Committee Podcast
This podcast is sponsored by the ICA Law Committee and presented by Jake Monk, Shutts & Bowen LLP. Jake is an outside litigation counsel for insurers and corporations throughout Florida, wide-ranging litigation disputes, including (as pertinent for the ICA) from individual disability and life policies. He talks about 5 Tips to Prepare for and Execute an Electronic/Virtual/Zoom Hearing or Trial.
Both involved deaths occurring far from the borders of the United States in places not frequented by U.S. citizens. Both involved claims that were denied because the proof of death was less than satisfactory to the insurance companies. And both resulted in lawsuits brought by unhappy beneficiaries. That is where the similarities end. In one of the cases, the beneficiary was successful in court and recovered benefits; in the other case, the beneficiary lost. What was the difference?