A bill that would give Holocaust survivors the right to sue European companies for unpaid life insurance claims was introduced in the Senate.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) offered the bill on the floor of the Senate on March 2, two days before a planned protest by Holocaust survivors at a Nelson fundraising event in Miami Beach with President Barack Obama.
Nelson reportedly has been working on the legislation since early February at the request of the Miami-based Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation–USA, which had announced the demonstration.
Last month, the survivors’ group held a protest at a golf tournament in Boca Raton, Fla., sponsored by the international insurance company Allianz, which survivors say owes an estimated $2 billion in unpaid claims to Holocaust survivors. — jta