Top 5. What claims are being released by the proposed Settlement?
As of the Effective Date of the Settlement, each Class Member who does not request exclusion from the Settlement is deemed to have fully, finally, and forever released New York Life Insurance Company and New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation and their past, present and/or future, direct and/or indirect, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, attorneys, insurers, partners, investors, shareholders, administrators, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, predecessors, successors, and/or assigns (“New York Life Releasees”), from any and all claims, obligations, demands, actions, rights, causes of action and liabilities, of whatever kind and nature, character and description, whether in law or equity, whether sounding in tort, contract, statute, or other applicable law, whether known or unknown, and whether anticipated or unanticipated, that accrued prior to October 27, 2008, during a time when a Class Member had an insurance agent relationship wit