Benoit insurance policy

Chris Benoit Took A New Life Insurance Policy, More:

This is the latest from the Benoit rumor mill. The headline wants you to believe there was some nefarious reason for Benoit taking out the insurance policy but the article, as short as it is, says otherwise.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter are reporting that Chris Benoit took out a new life insurance policy, which listed his ex-wife and oldest child David, 14, and Megan, 10, as the beneficiaries. Nancy apparently confronted Chris about it and he refused to change it. Nancy also found out that Chris Benoit set up a new bank account in the name of his ex-wife in Edmonton.

Remember kids, dirt sheets, like The Observer, base their business models on rumor and speculation. Which is fine for an upcoming wrestling storyline or a wrestler changing companies but as far as a real-life murder goes they need to leave the crime reporting to the professionals. And no I don’t consider myself a professional.

So to recap from the dirt sheets and irresponsible media we have 3 motive allegations. “Roid Rage”, the Benoits arguing over Daniel’s Fragile X Syndrome which he may or may not have had, and now the insurance policy.

This just goes to show you just how ridiculous and uninformed not only the wrestling press can be but the mainstream press as well.

Comments

6 responses to “Benoit insurance policy”

  1. David Avatar
    David

    Tell me this, whoever knows… Life insurance policies don’t pay out on suicides, right? I could be wrong, but the theory would make sense. So, if Benoit was “planning it,” then why would he bother with the life insurance? I could be wrong about them not paying out on suicides though, I don’t know… I never bought a policy!

  2. Trench Avatar

    The basic belief is that insurance policies do not pay out on suicides. But I think the “article” is trying to infer that this what they argued about which lead to the murders.

  3. ZappaCrappa Avatar
    ZappaCrappa

    I know that all of my private insurance policies, over the years, would NOT pay out for suicides that occurred within 2 years of the purchease of the policy. After the 2 years, they would pay out.

  4. Trench Avatar

    Really? :-O

    That’s the first I’ve heard of that.

  5. ZappaCrappa Avatar
    ZappaCrappa

    I’ve had 3 policies and they’ve all been that way…through 3 different companies.

  6. Jim Avatar
    Jim

    My life insurance paid money for my suicide… and they will pay for the next one too. 😛

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