Minnesota Life Insurance v. Brown

By Judge Mary Jane Hall

The matter came before the Court on November 7, 2012, for trial of competing claims to life insurance proceeds that have been interpleaded with the Court by Minnesota Life Insurance Company, insurer of Edward Brown, Sr., deceased. The issue presented by this case is one on which Virginia case law or statutoiy authority offers little guidance: whether a duly-appointed conservator for an incapacitated person may revoke a beneficiaiy designation for her ward’s life insurance benefits and designate a different beneficiaiy.

The original designated beneficiaiy, Beverly Brown,…