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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS |
Monday, July 14, 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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Commercial General Liability
When "And" Means "Or": Fifth Circuit Interprets "Claim Expense" in Coverage Litigation Stemming from Mold Suit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the word "and" in an insurance policy's definition of the term "claim expense" had to be interpreted in the disjunctive under applicable Texas law, affirming a district court's decision in favor of an insurance carrier on this issue. Read More
Automobile Insurance
No-Fault Arbitration Award Can Include Value of Insured's Household Care and Maintenance Services Even Where They Had Not Been Replaced, Minnesota Appeals Court Rules
An appellate court in Minnesota, affirming a trial court's decision, has ruled that an arbitrator in a no-fault case did not exceed his authority when he awarded no-fault benefits for the reasonable value of the insured's household care and maintenance services even where they had not been replaced. Read More
Health Insurance
Montana Supreme: No Policy Provision Prevented Insured from Receiving Duplicate Payment for Medical Expenses under Separately Purchased, Uncoordinated Insurance Policies
The Montana Supreme Court, reversing a trial court's decision, has ruled that an automobile insurance policy did not prohibit an insured from receiving payment for medical expenses that already had been paid by the insured's separate health insurance policy. Read More
Commercial Property
Insured's Action against Insurer Filed More than Two Years after Tornado Damaged Insured's Properties Is Dismissed as Untimely
A federal district court in Minnesota has ruled that a lawsuit by a property owner against his insurance company that was brought more than two years after his properties had been damaged by a tornado was untimely and had to be dismissed. Read More |
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Health Insurance
Health Insurer Settles Charges It Denied Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment for Thousands of New Yorkers
New York City-based health insurer EmblemHealth, Inc., has reached a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman requiring the health insurer to reform its behavioral health claims review process, cover residential treatment, and charge the lower, primary care co-payment for outpatient visits to mental health and substance abuse treatment providers. Read More
Insurance Fraud
Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority Appoints New Executive Director
The board of directors of the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority ("IFPA") has appointed Thomas A. Donahue III as its next executive director. Read More |
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Mark Hamelburg of Epstein Becker Green Named Senior Vice President of Federal Programs at America's Health Insurance Plans Read More |
Litigator Tarron Gartner-Ilai Joins Insurance Coverage Boutique Firm Amy Stewart Law Read More |
Arch Capital Group Announces Reinsurance Group Promotions Read More |
Helvetia and Nationale Suisse to Form a New Swiss Insurance Group Read More |
Constance Bayne Appointed President of Liberty Mutual's Mid-Atlantic Business Insurance Operations 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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