Primerica Life Insurance v. Skinner

OPINION

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellant-Defendant, Primerica Life Insurance (“Primerica”), appeals an order denying its motion for summary judgment, granting summary judgment for Appellee-Plaintiff, Deborah Skinner (“Deborah”), and awarding Deborah the proceeds of a life insurance policy applied for by her brother Clinton Skinner, Jr. (“Clinton”). We reverse.

Issue

Primerica presents one issue for our review which we restate as whether material misrepresentations on an application for life insurance render the coverage void ab initio when the applicant dies prior to issuance of a policy or…