Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance v. Dortch

ARNOLD, Judge.

The issue presented for review is whether the court erred in allowing Patricia Dortch’s motion for summary judgment and in denying the motion for summary judgment by Ann C. Dortch, Ann Hunter Dortch, Elizabeth D. Beswick and Central Bank of the South. Believing the trial court improperly awarded summary judgment in favor of Patricia Dortch, we reverse.

Provisions of an insurance policy which relate to the procedures that must be followed in order to change the beneficiaries under the policy are conditions which are inserted for the protection of the insurer, not to protect the…