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Monday, April 4, 2016 |
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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
7th Circuit Rejects Law Firm's Bid for Coverage of Arbitration Award
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, affirming a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, has ruled that a "legal fees" exclusion in a professional liability insurance policy — but not the "sanctions" exclusion — precluded coverage for an arbitration award against the firm. Read More
Automobile Insurance
Insurer That Sent Letter and Certificate of Insurance to Policyholder Did Not Just Make an Offer to Renew; It Sent a Renewal Policy, Michigan Appeals Court Rules
An appellate court in Michigan has ruled that an insurance company that sent a letter and a certificate of insurance to an existing policyholder did not just make an offer to renew the policy. Rather, the appellate court decided, the insurer sent a renewal policy that it could cancel only in accordance with Michigan insurance law. Read More
Exclusions
Pollution Exclusion Precluded Coverage for "Foul Odor," South Carolina Appeals Court Says
An appellate court in South Carolina, affirming a trial court's decision, has ruled that a pollution exclusion precluded coverage for claims against a county public service district alleging injuries due to the release of a foul order from an air relief valve associated with a sewage force main. Read More
Commercial General Liability
"Pilot Car Services" Were "Professional Services" Within Meaning of CGL Policy's Professional Services Exclusion, California Court Holds
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, applying California law, has ruled that pilot car services were "professional services" within the meaning of a professional services exclusion in a commercial general liability ("CGL") insurance policy. Read More |
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Federal Actions
District Court Reverses FSOC's Designation of MetLife
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has rescinded the decision by the Financial Stability Oversight Council designating MetLife, Inc., as a systemically important financial institution. Read More
In the States
Three Appointed to Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Board of Directors
Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has appointed three members to serve on the board of directors of the Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. Read More |
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| Prudential Individual Life Insurance Names Jill Perlin Vice President of Advanced Markets Read More |
FC&S Legal Publishes "2015 Excess and Surplus Lines Laws: Mississippi" Read More |
Long Term Decline in Shipping Losses Continues but Economic Pressures, Cyber Risk, and Superstorms Challenge Safety Progress, Allianz Finds Read More |
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Sponsors $200 Million Typhoon Catastrophe Bond for Japan Read More |
Chubb Launches North America Small Commercial Insurance Division; Names Executive Team Read More |
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Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ.
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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. |
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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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