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Editor's Note

Apr. 1, 2012

Editor's Note

Even though I don't have a law degree, I know there's no legal way to collect on a life insurance policy by having someone killed. I also know that, even without committing first-degree murder, you can't purchase life insurance policies for people without a legitimate "insurable interest."

However, the insured people Matthew Heller writes about for this month's cover story (You Bet Your Life) aren't unwill...

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