Problems viewing this email?  Click Here
230px_FCSL-logo  
598px_newFC&S-Topper

 
TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Friday, June 2, 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

Homeowners Insurance
Can Homeowners Sue Insurers Under Forced-Placed Insurance Policies?
A federal district court in Louisiana has issued a decision explaining whether homeowners may sue insurance companies for breach of forced-placed insurance policies where they are neither named insureds nor additional insureds on the policies.   Read More

Superstorm Sandy
Power Loss Caused by Superstorm Sandy Was Not Covered by Insured's Policy
A federal district court in New Jersey has ruled that losses stemming from an electrical outage caused by Superstorm Sandy were not covered by the business' insurance policy.   Read More

Homeowners Insurance
Dog's Undisclosed Prior Bites of Other Dogs Didn't Void Homeowners' Policy
An appellate court in Massachusetts has ruled that a question on an insurance application regarding a dog's "bite history" was ambiguous and, as a result, a homeowners insurance company was obligated to cover a lawsuit for damages caused when its insureds' dog allegedly attacked two other dogs.   Read More

Subrogation
Allstate's Punitive Damages Claim Against Electrolux in Subrogation Action Is Dismissed
A federal district court in South Carolina has granted a motion by a clothes dryer manufacturer sued in a product liability action by insurance companies, as subrogees of their insureds, to dismiss the insurers' punitive damages claim.  Read More

View All Case Law Developments
 
 LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY

In the States

Two Rivers Returns $1.3 Million to Settle Iowa Insurance Division Investigation
Two Rivers Insurance Company, Inc., has reached a settlement with the Iowa Insurance Division under which Two Rivers will return $1.3 million to 33 public entities in Iowa.  Read More

Insurance Fraud
Former California Resident Guilty of Defrauding Insurers by Billing Millions for Tests That Never Were Performed
A former California resident has been found guilty of 15 counts of health care fraud for submitting bills to insurance companies that sought millions of dollars in reimbursement for tests and services that were never performed.   Read More

View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments
   
 INDUSTRY NEWS
New Data Suggests Atlantic Hurricane Season Will be More Active   Read More

Is Aetna Leaving Hartford for New York City?   
Read More

Donegal Mutual Completes Acquisition of Mountain States Insurance Group   
Read More

Sompo International to Acquire Financial Institutions' Portfolio from Novae   
Read More

Ironshore International Enhances M&A and Tax Consortia Offerings   
Read More

View All Industry News
 
170px_TodaysFocus_Imag-3
Discussion
Insurer Avoids a Sticky Situation When the Appellate Cour Awards Less than the Lower Court Awarded

168px_Insurance-Coverage-Analysis

Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.
 
 INSURANCE COVERAGE
 LAW REPORT
ICL_SPRING

View Entire Spring Insurance Coverage Law Report
 
View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives
 
60px_newMeyerowitz Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ.
Director, FC&S Legal
smeyerowitz@alm.com
60px_newSpears Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ.
Associate Director, FC&S Legal
vspears@alm.com
FC&S Legal Editorial Advisory Board
Mitchell J. Auslander, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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

FC&S Daily Legal Report ($1,295 annual subscription) is included as part of your subscription to FC&S Legal: The Insurance Information Center. FC&S Daily Legal Report and The Insurance Coverage Law Report are publications of The National Underwriter Company. For more information, visit www.fcandslegal.com. To subscribe to FC&S Legal, please contact customer service at 1-800-543-0874 or customerservice@nuco.com.

FC&S Legal: The Insurance Coverage Law Information Center
linkedIn_32
 
 LinkedIn

 
To ensure future delivery of email, please add admin@list.nationalunderwriter.com
to your address book, contacts or safe sender list.

You have received this email at %%merge members_.emailaddr_%%.
Click here to unsubscribe from %%merge list.descshort%%.
Copyright © 2016 ALM Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy
120px_ALM_NT_CMYK_Small
4157 Olympic Blvd., Suite 225
Erlanger, KY 41018
1-800-543-0874