Life Insurer Defeats Claims Related to New York's General Business Law

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a life insurer's motion to dismiss claims for violations of New York's General Business Law § 349, for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and for declaratory relief in a lawsuit alleging wrongful cost of insurance rate increase. Brian Perryman and Kristen Reilly represented the life insurer.