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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Friday, November 21, 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 Homeowners Insurance Homeowners Breached Policy by Failing to Repair Roof Damaged by Tornado, Seventh Circuit Finds The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, affirming a district court’s decision, has ruled that homeowners had breached their homeowner’s insurance policy by failing to repair damage to their home’s roof that had been caused by a tornado. Read More Homeowners Insurance Homeowner Who Repaired Roof Before Insurer Could Inspect the Damage May Proceed with Bad Faith Action, Fifth Circuit Holds The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, reversing a magistrate judge’s ruling, has decided that a homeowner who repaired the damaged roof of his home before his homeowner’s insurance company could inspect the damage could proceed with his bad faith action against the insurer. Read More Business Owners Expense of Ordinary Payroll Had to be Included When Determining Loss of Business Income Following Fire at Insured’s Store, Massachusetts Appeals Court Decides An appellate court in Massachusetts, interpreting a businessowners insurance policy, has ruled that loss of business income following a fire at the insured’s store, where the insured resumed operations elsewhere, had to be determined “by including the expense of ordinary payroll, and other unreimbursed continuing expenses required by the resumption of operations, in the calculation of net profit or loss.” Read More Workers Compensation New Mexico Supreme: Nurse Who Slipped on Recently Mopped Floor Was Entitled to 10 Percent Increase in Benefits Due to Absence of “Wet Floor” Sign The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that a “wet floor” sign was a safety device and that a nurse who slipped on a recently mopped floor at work was entitled to a 10 percent increase in benefits because a “wet floor” sign had not been posted near the mopped floor. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Flood Citing Magistrate Judge’s Decision, New Jersey Senators Demand Investigation into Sandy Victims “Being Lowballed by Insurance Companies” New Jersey Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker have called on the Federal Emergency Management Administration to take immediate action to address potential widespread manipulation of flood insurance claims in order to “lowball Sandy victims.” Read More Automobile Insurance California Department of Insurance Says It Is Ready to Review New Auto Insurance Policies for Uber, Sidecar, and Lyft Drivers California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has announced that his department is ready to accept insurance company filings to create new commercial coverage or endorsements to personal auto insurance policies that will provide coverage for Californians who transport passengers for transportation network companies such as Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS London Insurance Market, a £60 Billion Industry, Is Under Significant Threat, Warns New Study Read More AIG Appoints Charlie Shamieh as CEO for Life, Health, and Disability Insurance; Alessa Quane Is Named Corporate Chief Actuary  Read More Lawyers Rank 5th on Safest Driver List; Travel Industry Workers Are Most Accident-Prone Read More Utica Mutual Insurance Company Names Richard P. Creedon Next CEO Read More AMA Says Health Insurers Should Strengthen Privacy Policies  Read More View All Industry News   Q & A Real Estate Operations Endorsement Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire October/November Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives   Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ. Director, FC&S Legal smeyerowitz@SummitProNets.com Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ. Associate Director, FC&S Legal vspears@SummitProNets.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 Donald S. Malecki, Malecki, Deimling, Nielander & Associates, LLC Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. D. Milone, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Joseph P. 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