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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS |
Monday, July 28, 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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Insurer Insolvency
In Case of First Impression, Pennsylvania Supreme Rules that Coverage Ends for All “Risks in Effect” No Later than 30 Days after Insurer Entered Liquidation
In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that Pennsylvania insurance law terminates coverage for all “risks in effect” under a service contract reimbursement insurance policy no later than 30 days after the insurer enters liquidation, notwithstanding that the insurance policy had been cancelled before the liquidation date. Read More
Workers’ Compensation
Workers’ Comp Insurer May Force Employee to Settle Tort Action, Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance company may compel an employee to accept a settlement offer in a tort action. Read More
Trial Strategy
Structuring a Release to Effect Insurance Coverage for Punitive Damages
A unanimous decision by the Georgia Supreme Court appears to offer a method of indirectly obligating an insurance company to pay punitive damages while increasing the amount of uninsured/underinsured motorist benefits an insured receives. Read More
Commercial Property
Theft Exclusion Barred Coverage for Damage Caused By and For the Purpose of Theft or Burglary, Subject to a Limited Entrance/Exiting Exception, Colorado District Court Rules
A Colorado district court has ruled that a theft exclusion in a blanket mortgage security insurance policy unambiguously excluded coverage for any damage directly caused by and for the purpose of theft or burglary at the property, subject to the “gaining entrance/exiting” exception to the exclusion. Read More |
View All Case Law Developments |
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Federal Actions
MetLife on Verge of Being Designated a SIFI
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) appears likely to designate MetLife, Inc., as a non-bank systemically important financial institution under Dodd-Frank, rejecting the life insurer’s arguments that it should not be so designated. Read More
Alternative Risk and Captives
Sanford Saito Appointed Hawaii’s Deputy Insurance Commissioner and Captive Insurance Administrator
Sanford Saito has been appointed deputy commissioner and captive insurance administrator for the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance Division. Read More |
View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments |
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American Lung Association Report Urges Insurance Plans to Provide Tools to Help Smokers Quit Read More |
Former Health Insurance Regulator Teresa D. Miller Joins Crowell & Moring as a Partner Read More |
Raymond W. Wasilewski Named Chief Operating Officer of Life Companies, Overseeing Farm Bureau Life Insurance Operations Read More |
Natural Disaster Insurance Payout Reached $22 Billion by Mid-Year, According to Impact Forecasting Catastrophe Report Read More |
No-Fault Attorney Joseph Armao Joins Abrams Fensterman Read More |
View All Industry News |
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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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