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Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
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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
California Appeals Court Rejects Assignee's Efforts to Pursue Bad Faith Action Where Insurer Had Defended Insured Under Only One of Three Policies
An appellate court in California, reversing a trial court's decision, has ruled that an assignee could not pursue a bad faith action against an insurer that defended its insured under one policy but not under two other smaller policies. Read More
Homeowners Insurance
Court Excludes Homeowner's Expert's Proposed Causation Testimony in Superstorm Sandy Case
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has granted an insurance company's motion to strike and exclude the insured's expert's proposed causation testimony in a Superstorm Sandy lawsuit. Read More
Commercial General Liability
Nebraska Supreme: Insured's Breach of Voluntary Payments Provision Dooms Its Bid for Coverage
The Nebraska Supreme Court, affirming a trial court's decision, has ruled that an insured's breach of a voluntary payments provision amounted to a material breach of the insurance contract, allowing the insurer to avoid liability. Read More
Specialty Insurance
Court Reforms "Hole-in-One" Insurance Policy Issued for Golf Tournament
A federal district court judge in Washington has reformed a hole-in-one insurance policy and ordered the insurer to pay the insured for a hole-in-one prize won by a participant in a golf tournament. Read More |
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In the States
Florida Insurance Regulator Approves Removal of Up to 184,500 Additional Policies from Citizens Property Insurance
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to an additional 181,909 personal residential policies and 2,591 commercial residential/non-residential policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation by six insurance companies. Read More
Health Insurance
Pennsylvania to Hold Public Hearing on "Balance Billing" of Health Insurance Consumers
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department will be holding a hearing on October 1 on the issue of "balance billing." Read More |
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| FC&S Legal Publishes "2015 Excess and Surplus Lines Laws: Arizona" Read More |
10 Automakers Agree to Include Automatic Emergency Braking on All New Vehicles Read More |
Zurich Appoints Kristof Terryn as CEO of General Insurance Read More |
Mutual of Omaha Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Read More |
FC&S Legal Publishes "NAIC Begins to Develop a Group Capital Measure for U.S. Insurance Enterprises" 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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