Turned Down SGLI By Amy Bushatz: A Story Without Life Insurance

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No matter what you have done or who you are, a rule is a rule that can not bend for someone special. According to “She Had No idea He Turned Down SGLI,” by Amy Bushatz, a service member named Lieutenant Commander Landon Jones turned down his life insurance without discussing it with his wife Theresa Jones. Because, her husband is a “frugal man who never believed he would die,” that is why her wife did not have any idea of what is going on with the life insurance. Once, she had found out about not receiving any of the life insurance after her husband had past away, that is when she began to fight for justice for collecting the money. She started to panic and not knowing what to do since there is no life

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