Problems viewing this email? Click Here

TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Wednesday, April 27, 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 Commercial General Liability Mississippi Supreme: Insurer That Filed DJ Action in Federal Court Impliedly Consented to State Court's Jurisdiction Over Coverage Dispute The Mississippi Supreme Court, affirming a lower court's decision, has ruled that an insurance company that filed a declaratory judgment action in a federal district court in Mississippi impliedly consented to the jurisdiction of Mississippi state courts over the coverage dispute and, therefore, waived its defense of lack of jurisdiction in coverage-related claims lodged against it in a Mississippi state court. Read More Workers Compensation Ohio Supreme: Subcontractor in Self-Insured Construction Project Is Immune from Tort Claim by Other Subcontractors' Employees The Ohio Supreme Court, in response to a question certified by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, has ruled that Ohio's workers compensation laws provide immunity to a subcontractor enrolled in a self-insured construction-project plan from a tort claim for workplace injury by an employee of another enrolled subcontractor on the same project. Read More Commercial Lines Colorado Supreme Court Declines to Extend Notice-Prejudice Rule to No-Voluntary-Payments Clause The Colorado Supreme Court, reversing a decision by an intermediate appellate court, has declined to extend the notice-prejudice rule to a no-voluntary-payments clause. Read More Eye on the Experts Recoupment of Defense Costs: An Ohio Court Weighs in on the Debate This Eye on the Experts article discusses a recent decision by an Ohio appellate court addressing the much-debated issue of recoupment of defense costs, holding, on very narrow grounds, that an insurer could recoup nearly $12 million it expended on the defense of its insured. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Health Insurance Seven Insurers Agree to Expand Coverage of Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment for Nearly All Commercial Health Insurance Plans Across N.Y. State Seven health insurance companies have reached an agreement with New York regulators to revise their coverage policies for chronic Hepatitis C treatment. Read More Health Insurance N.Y. Regulator Acts to Ensure That Insurers Provide Coverage for Maternal Depression Screening The New York Department of Financial Services has issued guidance to inform health insurers of their responsibility to provide health insurance coverage for maternal depression screenings. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS Five Insurance Coverage Attorneys Join Wilson Elser's Dallas Office   Read More FCCI Insurance Group Appoints Lisa Krouse to Board of Directors  Read More Miles Osorio Joins Hamilton Underwriting as Head of Property D&F  Read More Liberty International Underwriters Adds Cyber Extortion Endorsement for Its Product Recall and Contamination Policies for Food and Beverage Companies Read More Insurance Recovery Litigator Michael John Miguel Joins McKool Smith  Read More View All Industry News   Q&A Falling Leaves Do Not Invoke Wind-Hail Deductible Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire Spring 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. To subscribe to FC&S Legal, please contact customer service at 1-800-543-0874 or customerservice@nuco.com. FC&S Legal: The Insurance Coverage Law Information Center    LinkedIn   To ensure future delivery of email, please add admin@list.nationalunderwriter.com to your address book, contacts or safe sender list. You have received this email at %%merge members_.emailaddr_%%. Click here to unsubscribe from %%merge list.descshort%%. Copyright ©2016 The National Underwriter Company, A Division of ALM Media LLC. All rights reserved. 4157 Olympic Blvd., Suite 225 Erlanger, KY 41018 1-800-543-0874