A former insurance agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and his Idaho disability attorney filed a lawsuit against the insurer in Idaho Federal Court to recover his disability insurance benefits. In May 1970, Roger C. purchased a disability insurance policy from his own employer Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company (NWM) and subsequently purchased a second disability insurance policy in 1975. In addition, from 1970 until 1994 Roger C. added several life insurance policies from NWM to his portfolio of insurance coverage. And, having paid all premiums for the two (2) NWM policies as well as his other NWM life insurance policies, Roger C. rightfully expected to be fully covered by those policies should he become disabled, which he did in 2005. Unfortunately, NWM denied his claims for benefits.
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