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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
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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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Employment Practices Liability
Massachusetts Top Court Asked to Decide If Insurer Must Pay for Counsel to Prosecute Insured's Counterclaim
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has asked the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts to determine whether an insurer, as part of its defense of a claim against its insured, must provide and pay for counsel to prosecute its insured's counterclaim against the claimant. Read More
Health Insurance
New York's Top Court Rules That Health Insurer May Not Seek Reimbursement from No-Fault Insurer
New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, has ruled that a health insurer that paid for medical treatment that should have been covered by the insured's no-fault automobile insurance carrier could not maintain a reimbursement claim against the no-fault insurer because the no-fault law and its implementing regulations do not contemplate reimbursement to a health insurer, as opposed to a health care provider. Read More
Claims Resolution
Why a 1980 "All-Risks" Policy May Cover Damage Discovered in 2014
A federal district court in Washington has refused to dismiss a homeowners association's coverage suit as untimely, even though it was filed in 2015 and sought coverage under a policy effective from 1980 to 1982 – notwithstanding the policy's one-year suit limitations provision. Read More
Homeowners Insurance
After Paintball Gun Intentionally Shot by Child Damaged Friend's Eye, Delaware Court Finds No Coverage
A Delaware state court has ruled that a homeowners' insurance policy did not cover claims arising from the insured's son's intentional act of shooting a paintball gun at a friend, which damaged his eye. Read More |
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Health Insurance
California Insurance Commissioner Urges U.S. Justice Department to Block Anthem/Cigna Merger
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has urged the U.S. Department of Justice to block the proposed merger between Anthem, Inc., and Cigna Corporation. Read More
In the States
Lubbock Insurance Agent Charged with Targeting Elderly Clients
Joseph Allen Gaines, an insurance agent in Lubbock, Texas, has been arrested on charges that he kept clients' money that was intended to be used to purchase annuities. Read More |
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| FC&S Legal Publishes "When Should a Trial Judge in a Coverage Case Disclose Personal Involvement in a Similar Matter?" Read More |
FC&S Legal Publishes "Pollution Exclusion Applies to Lead Poisoning Claim under CGL Policy" Read More |
Rising Drug Costs Attract Seniors to Illegal Online Pharmacies: ASOP Global, CSIP, and NCL Join Forces in Effort to Keep Older Americans Safe Online Read More |
Allianz Partners with The Museum of Modern Art Read More |
XL Catlin Names Stephen S. Oh as President of U.S. Excess & Surplus Operations Read More |
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Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ.
Associate Director, FC&S Legal
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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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