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Friday, April 8, 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
Attorney's Fees
Alaska Supreme: Insurers May Not Recover Fees Incurred in Defending Claims Under Reservations of Rights
The Alaska Supreme Court has issued an opinion, in response to questions certified by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, prohibiting insurance companies from recovering fees incurred in defending claims under reservations of rights. Read More
Commercial General Liability
Asbestos: Holding Company Did Not Have Standing to Participate in Declaratory Relief Action, California Appeals Court Affirms
An appellate court in California, affirming a trial court's decision in a declaratory judgment action involving asbestos claims, has ruled that a holding company that was not a party to the insurance policies at issue did not have standing to participate in the action. Read More
Directors & Officers
"Securities Laws" Exclusion in D&O Policy Was Ambiguous, Illinois Appeals Court Rules in Tribune LBO Coverage Fight
An appellate court in Illinois, reversing a trial court's decision, has ruled that the "Securities Laws" exclusion in a directors and officers insurance policy was ambiguous and did not preclude coverage for lawsuits against former shareholders of the Tribune Company arising from a leveraged buyout. 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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has rescinded the decision by the Financial Stability Oversight Council designating MetLife, Inc., as a systemically important financial institution.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
Health Insurance
OIG Report Finds That Hospices Inappropriately Billed Medicare Over $250 Million for General Inpatient Care
The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a report finding a "number of instances" in which hospices inappropriately billed Medicare for hospice general inpatient care. Read More |
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| Long Term Decline in Shipping Losses Continues but Economic Pressures, Cyber Risk, and Superstorms Challenge Safety Progress, Allianz Finds Read More |
Booming Cyber Insurance Market Must Overcome Hurdles, Bipartisan Policy Center Report Finds Read More |
Reinsurers Report 92.5 Percent Average Combined Ratio in the Decade Since Hurricane Katrina, Aon Reports Read More |
Texas Had Record Number of Tornadoes in 2015, According to Insurance Council of Texas Read More |
FC&S Legal Publishes "New York Rescission Law Strikes Again: Lessons Learned from the Voiding of Heinz's Product Contamination Insurance Policy" Read More |
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Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ.
Associate Director, FC&S Legal
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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
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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