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Tuesday, January 24, 2017 |
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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
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules That Auto Policy's Anti-Assignment Clause Precluded Insureds' Assignments to Medical Provider
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that an anti-assignment clause in an automobile insurance policy precluded the assignment of the policy's basic economic loss benefits by policyholders injured in automobile accidents to their medical provider to obtain medical treatment. Medical providers "unsettle[d]" by the ruling, the court said, should look to the legislature for relief. Read More
Homeowners Insurance
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Post-Loss Assignment of Claim under Homeowner's Policy Despite Non-Assignment Clause
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a post-loss assignment of a claim under a homeowner's insurance policy for the homeowner's property damage casualty loss was "valid," despite a non-assignment clause in the policy. Read More
Title Insurance
Arizona Appeals Court Refuses to Enforce Insureds' Assignment of Rights Against Insurer as Part of Settlement Agreement That Was Not Arm's-Length
An appellate court in Arizona has ruled that insureds under a title insurance policy could not assign their rights against their title insurer as part of a settlement agreement that was not arm's-length. Read More
Superstorm Sandy
N.J. Federal District Court in Superstorm Sandy Coverage Case Rejects Insureds' Challenges to "Unequivocal" Denial of Benefits Letter
A federal district court in New Jersey, in a Superstorm Sandy coverage case, has ruled that a homeowner's insurance company's letter to its insureds amounted to an unequivocal denial of benefits for purposes of the policy's suit limitations period, even though it also referenced benefits that would be paid, did not use the word "denial," did not reference the policy's suit limitations period, and noted that the insureds could appeal. Read More |
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Health Insurance
New York Requires Health Insurers to Cover All Contraceptives and Medically-Necessary Abortion Services Without Co-Pays, Coinsurance, or Deductibles
The New York State Department of Financial Services has mandated that commercial health insurers cover contraceptive drugs and devices without co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles regardless of the future of the Affordable Care Act, and that all medically necessary abortion services be covered by commercial health insurance policies without co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles. Read More
In the States
National Association of Insurance Commissioners Names 2017 Committee Leadership
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has named its 2017 committee chairs and vice chairs. Read More |
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| Goldberg Segalla Names New Partners and Special Counsel Read More |
Canada's Life and Health Insurers Agree to Limit Requests for and Use of Genetic Testing Information Read More |
FC&S Legal Publishes "Business Income Coverage: A Critical and Often Overlooked Area of Property Insurance" Read More |
FC&S Legal Publishes "10 Red Flags That Could Signal Fraud for Vehicle Accidents" Read More |
Flood Most Damaging 2016 Peril, Causing Nearly One-Third of $210 Billion Global Economic Losses, Aon Benfield Reports Read More |
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Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ.
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Mitchell J. Auslander, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Carrie Cope, Cope Ehlers, 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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