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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Monday, February 8, 2016   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 Trial Strategy A Closing Statement – and PowerPoint Slides – Can Go Far, But Not Too Far Attorneys in insurance coverage cases have wide latitude in their closing statements. But as a decision by a Florida appellate court makes clear, that leeway has its limits. Read More Indemnification Indiana Supreme Court Rejects Retroactive Indemnification for Another Party’s Negligence The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that retroactive indemnification for another party’s negligence was an “extraordinary obligation” that generally was “not favored.” Accordingly, it ruled that it would not infer that obligation from a course of dealing where the parties’ contract did not expressly call for it in “clear and unequivocal terms.” Read More Homeowners Insurance No Preaward Interest to Insured on Appraisal Award in Absence of Insurer’s Underlying Breach of Contract or Other Actionable Wrongdoing, Minnesota Appeals Court Holds An appellate court in Minnesota has ruled that an insured was not entitled to preaward interest on an appraisal award pursuant to a homeowner’s insurance policy in the absence of an underlying breach of contract or other actionable wrongdoing. Read More Professional Liability Insurance Claim that Person Fell Off Wheelchair Accessible Ambulance Van Sounded Both in Auto Liability and Professional Negligence, Pennsylvania District Court Decides The U.S. District Court for the District of Pennsylvania has ruled that a commercial auto insurer was obligated to indemnify an ambulance company for a settlement it reached with a plaintiff who alleged that he was injured when he fell out of the back of its wheelchair accessible ambulance van because the van driver forgot to secure him. The court also found that the commercial auto insurer and the ambulance company’s professional liability carrier had an equal responsibility for the defense costs.  Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY In the States California Insurance Commissioner Calls for Insurance Industry Divestment from Coal California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has asked all insurance companies doing business in California to voluntarily divest from their investments in thermal coal.  Read More Insurance Fraud Oklahoma Insurance Department Charges Convicted Embezzler with Forgery A Yukon, Oklahoma, man has been charged with forgery after an investigation by the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit. The department accused Felix Herrera of forging a former insurance agent’s name and license number on policy paperwork. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS XL Catlin Unveils Workplace Violence Insurance Coverage for U.S. Businesses  Read More Sumitomo Life Completes Acquisition of Symetra Financial  Read More Lloyd J. “Pat” Stoik Named Senior Vice President of Great American Insurance Group  Read More Ironshore Names Ronald Gleason to Head Global Energy Industry Practice  Read More Sun Life Financial Announces $530 Million Group Annuity Deal in Canada Read More View All Industry News   ISO Form CA 01 21 10 13 Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire January/February Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives   Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ. Director, FC&S Legal smeyerowitz@alm.com Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ. Associate Director, FC&S Legal vspears@alm.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 Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill, P.C. 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 FC&S Daily Legal Report ($1,295 annual subscription) is included as part of your subscription to FC&S Legal: The Insurance Information Center. FC&S Daily Legal Report and The Insurance Coverage Law Report are publications of The National Underwriter Company. For more information, visit www.fcandslegal.com. 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