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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Wednesday, August 19, 2015   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 Superstorm Sandy New York District Court Rules that Water Damage Exclusion, and Policy’s Anti-Concurrent Causation Clause, Barred Coverage for Superstorm Sandy Damage to Home A federal district court in New York, applying New York law, has ruled that a water damage exclusion in a homeowner’s insurance policy, together with the policy’s anti-concurrent causation clause, barred coverage of the homeowner’s claim that his home had been damaged when wind blew a dock into his house during Superstorm Sandy. Read More Automobile Insurance Whether Driver, After His Wife’s Death, Was Intentionally Attempting Suicide When His Car Struck Dump Truck Was a Jury Question, Wisconsin Appeals Court Decides An appellate court in Wisconsin, affirming a trial court’s decision, has ruled that a jury had to decide whether a driver, whose wife had recently died, was intentionally attempting suicide when his car crossed the center line and collided with a dump truck. Read More Automobile Insurance Statutory Obligation of Insurer to Provide UM Coverage in Standard Auto Policy Was Not Diminished by Legislature’s Creation of Basic Auto Policy, N.J. Appeals Court Holds An appellate court in New Jersey, reversing a trial court’s decision, has ruled that the statutory obligation of an insurance carrier to provide uninsured motorist coverage in standard automobile insurance policies was not diminished or eliminated by the legislature’s creation of the basic automobile insurance policy. Read More Eye on the Experts Fifth Circuit Holds That Insured Versus Insured Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage For All Suits Between Insureds This Eye on the Experts article discusses a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that a claim brought by one insured against another insured is not barred by an “insured versus insured” exclusion where the claim is not for “property damage,” but for indemnity arising from a third party’s claim for “property damage.” Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY In the States NAIC Signs MOU with Bermuda The president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Monica J. Lindeen, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jeremy Cox, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Read More Insurance Fraud Two Year Insurance Fraud Investigation in Florida Leads to Charges Against Nearly a Dozen People Nearly a dozen people have been charged for their alleged roles in what prosecutors have characterized as a “large-scale” personal injury protection fraud scheme spanning across Central Florida. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS FC&S Legal Publishes First Installment of “2015 Excess and Surplus Lines Laws in the United States Manual” Read More FC&S Legal Publishes “Texas Supreme Court Decides that PRP Letters Issued by EPA under CERCLA Constitute a ‘Suit’” Read More U.S. on Pace for Deadliest Driving Year Since 2007, According to National Safety Council Read More Grange Insurance Promotes Theresa Mason to Grange Life President Read More Workers’ Compensation Attorney Ana-Eliza T. Bauersachs Named Shareholder at Capehart Scatchard Read More View All Industry News   Discussion Water Exclusion Clause Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire July/August Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives   Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ. Director, FC&S Legal smeyerowitz@alm.com 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, 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. 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   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 ©2015 Summit Professional Networks, A Division of ALM Media LLC. 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