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Court: Florida's Unclaimed Property Law Does Not Require 'Affirmative Duty' to Scan Death Master File

Life insurers do not have an "affirmative duty" under the state's unclaimed property law to search death records to determine whether a policyholder has died, a state appeals court has ruled. . . .

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