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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Thursday, September 25, 2014

 
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

Commercial General Liability
What is Lloyd’s? Answering that Question Leads Court to Dismiss DJ Action on Diversity Grounds
A federal district court in the U.S. Virgin Islands has dismissed a declaratory judgment action brought by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London after finding that Lloyd’s had failed to demonstrate diversity jurisdiction. Read More

Automobile Insurance

N.Y. District Court Permits No-Fault Claims Adjusters to Pursue Overtime Claims against Allstate
A federal district court in New York has decided that a class and collective action brought by an insurance company’s no-fault claims adjusters against the insurer may proceed. Read More

Life Insurance
Eleventh Circuit Finds No Ambiguity in Exclusion to Policy’s Accidental Death Rider in Drug Overdose Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affirming a Georgia district court’s decision, has decided that an exclusion in a life insurance policy’s accidental death rider was not ambiguous and barred coverage where an overdose of prescription medicine contributed to the insured’s death. Read More

Excess
District Court Finds Policy’s Forum Selection Clause to be Valid and Enforceable
A federal district court in Missouri has ruled that a forum selection clause in a second-layer excess liability policy was enforceable, and ordered venue moved to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Read More

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 LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY

Insurance Fraud

Insurance Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurers and New Jersey Turnpike Authority of $900,000
The owner of a New Jersey-based insurance adjusting company has admitted his role in a scheme to defraud various insurance companies and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority of at least $900,000. Read More

Health Insurance

Health Insurance Marketplace Will Have 25 Percent More Issuers in 2015, HHS Reports
The Department of Health and Human Services has reported that there will be a net 25 percent increase in the number of issuers offering Health Insurance Marketplace coverage in 2015. Read More

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 INDUSTRY NEWS
Robert Underhill Joins Edwards Wildman as Insurance and Reinsurance Partner in New York Read More

Former HHS Deputy General Counsel Ken Choe to Join Hogan Lovells’ Government Regulatory Practice 
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Ironshore International Adds Political Risk Cover for M&A Transactions 
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Allied World North America Launches ForceField: Primary D&O for Public Companies 
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Anthem Blue Cross Partners with California Health Systems to Launch Vivity Read More

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Michele L. Jacobson, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Timothy P. Law, Reed Smith LLP
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Associates, LLC
Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
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Anne M. Murray, Rivkin Radler LLP
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Friedman LLP
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David D. Thamann, The National Underwriter Company

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