Insurance court allowed backdated family pension due to insurer's failure to notify employer of death.

The insurance court allowed the claimant's request for backdated family pension, ruling that the insurer's failure to notify the employer of the deceased's death before the application constituted a valid reason for the delay. The insurer had only been informed of the death when the pension application was submitted, despite the death occurring in 1969 and the application being filed in 1981. Consequently, the court determined that the insurer was liable for the period following the death until the notification was received.