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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Tuesday, March 18, 2014

 
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.

 CASE LAW

Automobile Insurance
Insurer Had No Duty to Disclose, at Time of Policy Issuance, Its Use of House Counsel to Defend Insureds, Circuit Finds
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, affirming a district court's decision, has ruled that an automobile insurance company had no duty under Indiana law to disclose, at the time of policy issuance, that it used house counsel to defend insureds against third-party claims. Read More

Exclusions

"Latent Defect" Did Not Include Use of Balsa Wood Rather than Waterproof Material for Yacht's Hull, Circuit Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals, in a panel that included Associate Justice (Ret.) David H. Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court, has reversed a district court's decision awarding an insured summary judgment on his claim for breach of a yacht insurance policy, finding no coverage. Read More

Subrogation
Judge Posner Dismisses "Frivolous" Appeal of Contempt Order in Subrogation Case and Orders District Court to Consider Whether Lawyer and Client Should Be Jailed
Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has written the opinion for a panel of three judges dismissing a "frivolous" appeal by a lawyer and his client from a district court order holding them in contempt in a subrogation case. Read More

Homeowners Insurance
Florida's State-Run Insurer Settles Over 300 Sinkhole Cases and Says It Will Save $30 Million in Legal Costs
Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and more than 300 policyholders have reached agreements to settle the homeowners' sinkhole claims. Read More

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 LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY

Federal Actions

SEC Brings Charges in "Variable Annuities Scheme"
The Securities and Exchange Commission has brought enforcement actions against a pair of brokers, an investment advisory firm, and several others involved in what the SEC characterized as a "variable annuities scheme" seeking to profit from the imminent deaths of terminally ill patients in nursing homes and hospice care. Read More

Flood

Massachusetts House Passes Bill Limiting Lenders' Flood Insurance Requirements
By a vote of 152-0, the Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed a bill that would limit the ability of lenders to require homeowners to purchase or pay for flood insurance. Read More

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 INDUSTRY NEWS
Lorelie S. Masters Joins Perkins Coie as Insurance Coverage Partner in Washington, D.C.  Read More

Genstar Capital Teams With Insurance Executives to Establish Palomar Insurance to Provide Earthquake Coverage 
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ACE Group Appoints 33 Senior Executives as Corporate Officers 
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AXA ART Appoints Kai Kuklinski Global CEO 
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FC&S Legal Publishes Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton's Bad Faith Compendium: Mississippi 
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60px_newMeyerowitz Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ.
Director, FC&S Legal
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60px_newSpears Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ.
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FC&S Legal Editorial Advisory Board
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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 &
Associates, LLC
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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