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Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
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Industry news, expert analysis, and daily updates on the most significant insurance coverage legal developments—from the insurance and legal experts of The National Underwriter Company.
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Title Insurance
Claims against Title Insurer Brought by the FDIC as Receiver of Failed Bank Ruled Timely
A federal district court in Missouri has ruled that breach of contract and negligence claims brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver of a failed bank, against a title insurance company were timely, even though they were filed more than five years after the residential loan at the heart of the FDIC's action had closed. Read More
Automobile Insurance
No Coverage for Accident Involving Insured's Live-In Boyfriend and Father of Her Children Where He Drove Car without Her Permission
A federal district court in Tennessee has ruled that there was no coverage for claims arising from an automobile accident involving the insured's live-in boyfriend and the father of her children where he drove her car without her permission. Read More
Eye of the Experts
Bad Faith Compendium: Connecticut
Insurance bad faith law is like a quilt, a patchwork that varies from square to square – in this instance, common law decisions, statutes and codes that differ widely from state to state. Insurer conduct that is benign in one jurisdiction may rise to the level of bad faith conduct in another. In this compendium, the authors review more than a dozen states where bad faith issues most often arise and provide a synopsis of pre-litigation claims-handling standards, first- and third-party claim issues, insurance company defenses, procedural and discovery issues, and the scope of damages. In this second installment of the compendium, the authors review bad faith law in Connecticut. Read More
Commercial General Liability
No Coverage for Complaint Alleging Insured Corporation and Its Director Had Sent Unsolicited Fax Ads, Third Circuit Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a district court's decision that a commercial general liability insurance policy did not provide coverage for a complaint alleging that the insured corporation and its director had violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited facsimile advertisements. Read More |
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Health Insurance
Health Care Insurer Settles Charges It Wrongfully Denied Mental Health Treatment Claims for Eating Disorders
Cigna Corporation has reached a settlement with New York regulators requiring the health insurer to reprocess and pay hundreds of claims for nutritional counseling for mental health conditions, in particular, eating disorders, to members who were denied those benefits. Read More
Insurance Fraud
Third Party Insurance Administrator to Prison for Seven Years for Stealing Over $462,000
The primary owner and operator of a third-party insurance administrator has been sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison after being convicted at trial of stealing about one half million dollars from a trust fund that administered health insurance policies and prescription coverage for hundreds of employees and their families. Read More
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| Third Wave of Asbestos Claims Threatens Insurers, According to Assured Research Read More |
Coverys Completes Acquisition of OHA Holdings Read More |
Richard J. Kypta to Retire; John D. Currier, Jr., Promoted to COO of FBL Financial Group Read More |
The Lifeline Program and Spokesperson Betty White Mark the Company's 25th Anniversary in the Life Insurance Settlements Business Read More |
American Financial Group to Acquire Summit Holdings Southeast from Liberty Mutual Read More |
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| FC&S Legal Editorial Advisory Board |
Mitchell J. Auslander, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Carrie Cope, Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C.
Anjali C. Das, Wilson Elser
John F. Finnegan, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Michele L. Jacobson, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Timothy P. Law, Reed Smith LLP
Donald S. Malecki, Malecki, Deimling, Nielander &
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Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
D. Milone, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Joseph P. Monteleone, Tressler LLP
Anne M. Murray, Rivkin Radler LLP
Jerold Oshinsky, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres &
Friedman LLP
Seth B. Schafler, Proskauer Rose LLP
David D. Thamann, The National Underwriter Company |
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