Fleisher et al v. Phoenix Life Insurance Company

  1. June 01, 2015

    Insurer Settles Rate-Hike Class Action For $42.5M

    Phoenix Life Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $42.5 million and freeze its "cost of insurance" rates for five years to resolve allegations that the company unfairly raised rates on premium-adjustable universal life insurance policies, according to documents filed Friday in New York federal court.

  2. May 02, 2014

    Phoenix Life Faces Trial In Class Action Over Rate Hikes

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered a trial in a class action accusing Phoenix Life Insurance Co. of breaching its policies by improperly hiking "cost of insurance" rates on policyholders, and potentially set a precedent limiting how insurers in the state can raise such rates in the future.