Breach Of Contract Claim Proceeds Against Life Insurer; Bad Faith Claim Fails

(August 12, 2024, 1:00 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A breach of contract claim against a life insurer can proceed because the beneficiary sufficiently established proof of the insured’s death; however, a bad faith claim cannot proceed because the beneficiary failed to show how the life insurer acted unreasonably in handling the claim for beneficiary benefits, an Oklahoma federal judge said in partially granting the life insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings....