My boyfriend was killed in an automobile accident 4 months ago. He left me a 25000 life insurance policy. His daughter is handling his estate. I tried to file on the life insurance , but the compaby says I have they need some records because he died during the contestability claim period. I could not get the medical records they have requested. I sent them the death certificate and all the info that I had. They requested medical records and the doctors office refused to send them citing hippa laws. I`m not on speaking terms with daughter and don`t know what to do. Is ther a way to get those records without me being executor of estate? Is this unusual for a company to do this?