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By Kim Masters, May 21, 2014
When Paul Walker was killed in November in the midst of shooting Fast & Furious 7, it was clear the actor’s untimely death could trigger by far the largest insurance claim in Hollywood history. That now appears to be the case as the project is undergoing an effects-packed 13-week shoot that will culminate in July with an enormous crowd scene using 600 people in the town of Rosamond, near Bakersfield, Calif. But according to a source with knowledge of the situation, there is growing tension between Universal Pictures and its insurer, Fireman’s Fund, over the size of a record-smashing claim in the ballpark of $50 million.
