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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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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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Workers Compensation
“Internet Marketplace” Operator that Connected Moving Companies with Those Needing to Move Was Not Worker’s Statutory Employer, South Carolina Court Rules
A South Carolina court has ruled that eMove, which operates an internet marketplace where individuals or businesses renting moving trucks can search for and hire local moving companies to assist with loading and/or unloading rental trucks, was not the statutory employer of a worker injured while working. Read More
Health Insurance
Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Restitution Order Requiring Defendant Who Pleaded Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter to Compensate Widow for Health Insurance Premiums
The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a trial court’s decision ordering a criminal defendant who had pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter to pay restitution to the victim’s widow, including an amount compensating her for health insurance premiums she paid for coverage between the time of the accident and the time of the defendant’s sentencing. Read More
Builders Risk
Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Jury’s Decision that Homeowner’s Policy – Not Builder’s Risk Policy – Covered Losses to New Home Damaged by Fire Before Construction Was Complete
An appellate court in Wisconsin has upheld a jury’s decision that a homeowner’s insurance policy, and not a builder’s risk policy, covered the losses to a new home substantially damaged by fire before construction had been completed. Read More
Eye on the Experts
Supreme Court of Texas Marries Contractual Limitations to Insurance Policies
This Eye on the Experts article discusses a recent Supreme Court of Texas opinion, which settled the debate concerning whether a company’s insurance policies stood alone or were married to and dependent upon an insured’s limited obligation in a separate contract to insure and indemnify a third party. Read More |
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In the States
Florida Regulator Approves Removal of up to 45,500 Additional Policies from Citizens Property Insurance
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to 45,000 additional personal residential policies and 500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation by two insurance companies. Read More
Insurance Fraud
Seven Arrested Following Two-Year PIP Fraud Investigation
Seven residents of Tampa, Florida, have been arrested following a two-year investigation by the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud into allegations of personal injury protection fraud allegedly involving Integrated Healing Clinic in Tampa. Read More
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| Ironshore Specialty Casualty Offers Standalone Crisis Event Coverage for Construction Risks Read More |
Pan-American Life Insurance Group and Mutual Trust Financial Group Merge Mutual Holding Companies Read More |
Munich Re America: Big U.S. Winter Storms – Comparably Lower Insured Loss Estimates; Record Heat and Drought Continue in the West Read More |
Great American Insurance Expands Capacity for Pollution Products Read More |
Tokio Marine Kiln Appoints Nick Sinfield as Group Head of Claims 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
Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill, P.C. |
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Richard D. Milone, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Joseph P. Monteleone, Rivkin Radler LLP
Anne M. Murray, Rivkin Radler LLP
Jerold Oshinsky, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
Seth B. Schafler, Proskauer Rose LLP
Thomas F. Segalla, Goldberg Segalla
David D. Thamann, The National Underwriter Company |
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