Brown v. Di Petta

BASKIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Roberta Di Petta, one of the claimants in an interpleader action brought by the insurance company seeking designation of the proper beneficiary. Based upon our review of the record disclosing that the decedent failed to comply with procedures of the insurance company required to effectuate a change of beneficiary, we affirm. It is a well-settled rule of law that a beneficiary under a life insurance policy may be changed only by strict compliance with the conditions set forth in the policy. Gerstel v. Arens,…