Milldrum v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

George Rose Smith, Justice.

By stipulation the only question in this case is one of law: Did Act 900 of 1975 prohibit the appellee, Travelers Indemnity, from inserting in a group disability insurance policy a clause providing that total disability benefits under the policy would be reduced by the amount of Social Security benefits received by the disabled employee? Ark. Stat. Ann. § 66-3709 (Repl. 1980). Our jurisdiction is under Rule 29(l)(c).

The unambiguous language of the statute itself unmistakably dictates a negative answer to the question at issue. Act 900 provides that no contract of…