A general view of the Supreme Court from across the Singapore River on Sep 23, 2022. SINGAPORE: A widow who sought accidental death benefits from the company that insured her late husband was awarded more time by the court to press her claim on Thursday .However, Chubb Insurance Singapore disputed the claims of about S$406,000 from the two policies her late husband was insured under.
Mdm Lee, who holds the policies for her husband, applied to the High Court under the Arbitration Act to extend the time fixed to refer disputes to arbitration.Mr Teng fell while riding his bicycle on Apr 2, 2021 and was found unconscious in an uncovered drain. In a death certificate issued on Apr 10, 2021, the forensic pathologist certified the cause of death as"coronary artery disease with pneumonia".
The policies also provided that any dispute must be referred to arbitration, and that this must be commenced three months from the day parties were unable to settle the dispute.On Apr 20, 2021, Mdm Lee submitted claims to Chubb Insurance Singapore under the two policies.