Heritage Group Must Face Widow’s $300,000 Life Insurance Lawsuit

The widow of a Heritage Group employee advanced part of her lawsuit claiming she lost out on $300,000 in life insurance benefits because the company didn’t help her husband keep his coverage after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

The record contains conflicting information about the process for converting company-provided life insurance coverage to an individual policy after an employee stops working, Judge Holly A. Brady said. Since it’s “impossible” to say which method is correct, it’s not clear that Heritage fulfilled its fiduciary duties in responding to inquiries from former employee Norman Burkett, the judge said in an ...