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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS |
Friday, January 16, 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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Professional Liability Insurance
Employment-Related Practices Exclusion in Law Firm's Policy Barred Coverage of One Partner's Defamation Claim against Her Partner (and Brother), Indiana Appeals Court Rules
An Indiana appellate court, reversing a trial court's decision, has ruled that a law firm partner's defamation claim against another partner – who also was her brother – was excluded from coverage under the law firm's insurance policy by its employment-related practices exclusion. Read More
Superstorm Sandy
Superstorm Sandy: District Court Upholds Magistrate Judge's Findings and Imposition of Monetary and Evidentiary Sanctions on Insurer and Its Counsel
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has affirmed "in its entirety" an order issued by a magistrate judge in the Superstorm Sandy cases imposing evidentiary sanctions on the Wright National Flood Insurance Company and monetary sanctions on its counsel for failing to obey discovery orders and causing undue delay to the proceedings. Read More
Homeowners Insurance
Homeowner's Policy Does Not Cover Rental of Separate Structure, Appeals Court Says in Decision that May Have Implications for the Sharing Economy
An appellate court in Louisiana, affirming a trial court's decision, has ruled that a homeowner's insurance policy did not cover a personal injury claim arising from the homeowner's rental of a separate structure near her insured home. The decision would appear to have implications for the sharing economy, such as Airbnb. Read More
Commercial General Liability
"Ordinance or Law Coverage" Endorsement Did Not Obligate Insurer to Completely Replace Insured's Damaged Piping to Comply with Health Department Directive
A federal district court in California has ruled that an "Ordinance or Law Coverage" endorsement to a commercial general liability insurance policy did not cover the obligation of the insured to completely replace piping that had been damaged in one spot in order to comply with a health department's directive. Read More |
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Insurance Fraud
New York Awards Nearly $4 Million in Effort to Combat Insurance Fraud and Motor Vehicle Theft
New York State has awarded more than $3.7 million in grants to local authorities to fight against insurance fraud and motor vehicle theft. Read More
Flood
Flawed FEMA Insurance Reviews in Florida Could Leave Taxpayers on the Hook for Millions in Losses, Federal Report Finds
Deficient insurance review processes used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency resulted in the agency overfunding its 2004-2005 Florida hurricane grants by more than $177 million and left the government liable for an estimated $1 billion in future disaster costs, according to a report by the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General. Read More
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USAA to Offer Insurance for Ridesharing Drivers in Colorado Read More |
XL Group to Acquire Catlin Group in $4.1 Billion Deal Read More |
Insurance Counsel Alan R. Lyons Elected Partner at Herrick, Feinstein Read More |
Akin Gump Promotes Insurance Coverage Litigator Ashley Vinson to Partner Read More |
Insurance Attorneys Michael Conlon and Todd M. Rowe Elected Partner at Tressler Read More |
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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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