Archive for June, 2002

Company’s life policies draw suits Dow Chemical is accused of `dead peasant’ insurance

Survivors of dead Dow Chemical Co. workers have discovered their loved ones may have been covered by secret life insurance policies, and now they want the benefits. The Midland, Mich., company is the latest in a growing list of firms tangled up in lawsuits over so-called “dead peasant” life insurance policies. “Dead peasant” insurance is […]