Key legal question
Whether the employee was entitled to the full hypothetical insurance value or only the amount actually paid out after reduced premiums and loan deduction.
Extracted holding
The employee was entitled only to the insurance payout actually resulting from the policy, not to a higher hypothetical amount based on unchanged premiums.
Extracted reasoning
The 1990 letter confirmed a binding arrangement, but it did not guarantee unchanged premium payments. The employer, as policyholder, could modify the insurance relationship with the insurer. The wording allowed the employer to adjust payments, so no promise existed that would fix a higher insured value.