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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS |
Monday, June 23, 2014
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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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Automobile Insurance
Despite $100,000 Typo in Insurer's E-mail Offer, Court Enforces Settlement
A federal district court in Kansas has enforced a settlement agreement between an insurance company and an injured woman with a claim against its policyholder although the insurer's e-mail offer of settlement contained a $100,000 typo and the erroneous offer exceeded the authority of the adjuster who sent it. Read More
Commercial General Liability
Water Exclusion Bars Coverage for Damage from Ice that Heaved Up through Concrete Floor, at Least Where the Ice Originated from Water Seeping from the Building
An appellate court in Nebraska, affirming a trial court's decision, has ruled that an insurance carrier was not obligated to cover damage to its insured's warehouse after water seeped through a cracked drain pan, froze underneath the floor, and expanded, causing damage to the concrete floor. Read More
Homeowners Insurance
Maine's Top Court Reaffirms that Even "Mere Potential" of Coverage Mandates a Defense, Given State's "Liberal Notice-Pleading Standard"
The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, reversing a trial court's decision, has ruled that an insurance carrier had an obligation to defend its insured in a lawsuit brought by a homeowner's association where, given the state's "liberal notice-pleading standard," the "facts that might be proved at trial potentially fall within the coverage provided" by the policy. Read More
Case Study
Calculating Insurer's Allowable Offsets to UIM Payments Payable to Its Insured Against Amounts Insured Received from Other Insurer
A recent decision by a federal district court in Washington discusses how an insurance carrier should calculate offsets to the underinsured motorist benefits payable to its insured against amounts the insured received from another insurance carrier. Read More |
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In the States
Gordon Amini Returns to Oklahoma Insurance Department, as Senior Attorney
Gordon Amini has returned to the Oklahoma Insurance Department, as senior attorney. Mr. Amini previously was employed at the department from 1977-1981. Read More
Health Insurance
Arizona Insurance Department Sets Forth Licensing Requirements for ACA Navigators and CACs
The Arizona Insurance Department has issued a regulatory bulletin summarizing HB 2508, which added a new Article 3.4 to Arizona Revised Statutes, prescribing requirements for the licensing of health insurance navigators and health insurance certified application counselors. Read More
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FC&S Legal Publishes "Federal Court in Missouri Holds that Each Fax in a TCPA Blast-Fax Case Triggers a Separate $1,000 Per-Claim Deductible, Insurer Owes No Duty to Indemnify as a Matter of Law"Read More |
Fireman's Fund Insurance Names Walter Grote Commercial Insurance Field ExecutiveRead More |
Ironshore Canada Enters Commercial Property Market Offering Energy, Construction, and General Property Products Read More |
Zurich Names Jim Thomas to Head Credit and Political Risk Team for Specialty Products Read More |
Mercury Releases Second Annual "Best of the Worst Claims" Report 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
Donald S. Malecki, Malecki, Deimling, Nielander &
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Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
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
David D. Thamann, The National Underwriter Company |
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