The Battle for Insurance Payouts Continues

Over the past few years as I scan the international media for articles relating to insurance I have found numerous articles referring to the problems of Holocaust survivors in trying to make claims on insurance cover.

Typically the company presents a number of hurdles - and as people in the industry we can perhaps see both sides of this issue - such as: existence of the cover is denied, a request for a death certificate is made, other technical issues such as location, manner of death, and so forth can be raised. Of course, they weren't big on death certificates at death camps.

Even ignoring technical difficulties where relatives and information sufficient to make a claim exists - in some case whole families were murdered - and have no survivors to make claims on valid insurance policies. This is another reason why many feel that insurance companies profited from the sad episode.

All in all its terrible.

You can imagine, though, that in spite of the better part of 60 years having passed, many who know that they paid good money for insurance and were denied payment feel that this remains worth pursuing. I do, and if it were me, I would pursue it too. They hare having another go - this time in the US. Link.