Gower v. AIG Claim Services, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

IRENE M. KEELEY, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This case requires the Court to review a denial of accidental death benefits to the plaintiff under a group accident insurance policy (“Policy”) provided by the Defendant AIG Life Insurance Company (“AIG”). (AIG/Gower 363). 1 To conduct such review, the Court must interpret and apply three separate provisions of the Policy-

Initially, the Court must determine what standard of review applies to AIG’s denial of benefits. Next, the Court must decide whether AIG appropriately denied a claim for accidental death benefits…