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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Friday, May 26, 2017  

 
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
Florida Attorney "Uniquely Qualified" as Expert Witness in Insurance Bad Faith Case, Federal Court Says
A federal district court in Florida has rejected challenges to three proposed expert witnesses in an insurance bad faith case, stating that one — an attorney — was "uniquely qualified."   Read More

Developments
What's Happening with: Settle and Sue
A number of courts across the country recently have issued decisions in cases involving an insured's settlement with an allegedly injured party, an insurer's offer of settlement, or its failure to make an offer, and resulting coverage litigation. Here are some of the articles about those decisions published in the Case Law Developments column of FC&S Legal.   Read More

Crime
No Insurance Coverage for Losses from Largest Credit Union Failure in American History
A company that allegedly withdrew a job offer to a woman when it learned that she was pregnant has settled the allegations for $100,000.   Read More

Homeowners Insurance
Husband Who Killed Ex-Stepfather-in-Law Could Not Rely on Insurance for Defense Against Ex-Mother-in-Law's Wrongful Death Suit
A man who stabbed his former stepfather-in-law to death was not entitled to coverage from his insurer for the wrongful death lawsuit brought against him by his ex-mother-in-law.  Read More

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 LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY

Insurance Fraud

50 State Attorneys General Request Congressional Action on Health Care Fraud Recoveries
The attorneys general from all 50 states have written to Congress asking it to fix a "quirk in federal law" that, they said, prevented states from receiving equitable shares of health care fraud recoveries.  Read More

Health Insurance
Omnicare Settles False Claims Act Case for $8 Million
The federal government and more than two dozen states have reached an $8 million settlement with Omnicare Inc. resolving allegations arising from a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act.   Read More

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 INDUSTRY NEWS
Autonomous Vehicles Will Add US $81 Billion in New Premiums for Auto Insurers by 2025, Report Says   Read More

New Analysis Shows Impact of Rising Temperatures on Insurance Claims for Wind Storms   
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Three Major Auto Insurers Usually Charge Higher Prices to Good Drivers Previously Insured by Smaller, Non-Standard Insurers, Report Says   
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New Accounting Standard Will Significantly Impact Insurance Industry, ACCA Says   
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Rivkin Radler Acquires Iseman, Cunningham, Riester and Hyde   
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60px_newMeyerowitz Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ.
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60px_newSpears Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ.
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FC&S Legal Editorial Advisory Board
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Carrie Cope, Cope Ehlers, 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.
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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