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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS |
Friday, September 26, 2014 |
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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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Superstorm Sandy
Court Rejects DHS’ Motion to Dismiss Based on Statute of Limitations
A federal court in New Jersey has refused to dismiss a Superstorm Sandy action against the Department of Homeland Security that was filed by property owners who had submitted a proof of loss within the proof-of-loss deadline even though they filed suit more than a year after the mailing of an initial notice of disallowance where that initial notice of disallowance was not based on a proof of loss. Read More
Commercial General Liability
What is Lloyd’s? Answering that Question Leads Court to Dismiss DJ Action on Diversity Grounds
A federal district court in the U.S. Virgin Islands has dismissed a declaratory judgment action brought by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London after finding that Lloyd’s had failed to demonstrate diversity jurisdiction. Read More
Workers Compensation
Divided Washington Supreme Court Limits Employee’s Asbestos Exposure Claim to Workers’ Compensation
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled, 5-4, that a Boeing Company employee asserting that he had been injured by exposure to asbestos was limited to recovering under the state’s workers’ compensation law where he had not demonstrated that Boeing had actual knowledge that exposure to asbestos was certain to lead to his being injured. Read More
Professional Liability Insurance
False Claims Act Complaint Was a “Prior or Pending” Action Although It Was Filed under Seal and Not Served on Insured until the Middle of the Policy Period
A Pennsylvania court has ruled that a complaint under the federal False Claims Act that was filed against the insured under seal, before the effective date of the insured’s insurance policy, was a “prior or pending litigation” even though the insured was not served with the action and did not learn of it until mid-way through the policy period. Read More |
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Automobile Insurance
California’s Pioneering “Uber” Bill Signed into Law by Governor Brown; Establishes Insurance Requirements for Ridesharing Services
California Governor Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. has signed AB 2293 into law, establishing minimum insurance requirements for ridesharing services (referred to in the law as “Transportation Network Companies” or “TNCs”). Read More
Automobile Insurance
Non-Citizen Immigrants to Qualify for California’s Low-Cost Automobile Insurance Program under New Law
Non-citizen immigrants can qualify for California’s Low-Cost Automobile Insurance Program beginning on January 1, 2015 under legislation that has been signed into law by Governor Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. Read More
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Swiss Re Releases Chilling New Report, “The Big One: The East Coast’s USD100 Billion Hurricane” Read More |
Robert Underhill Joins Edwards Wildman as Insurance and Reinsurance Partner in New York Read More |
Insurance Litigator Wendy Enerson Joins Cozen O’Connor from Dentons Read More |
Oh, Deer! Collisions Are Up This Year, State Farm Reports Read More |
Life Insurers Reevaluating Their Capital Management Strategies, Towers Watson Survey Shows Read More |
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INSURANCE COVERAGE
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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
Donald S. Malecki, Malecki, Deimling, Nielander &
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Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
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
David D. Thamann, The National Underwriter Company |
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