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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Thursday, September 29, 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 Exclusions Travel Insurer Properly Excluded Coverage for Illness That Manifested on Policy’s Effective Date, N.J. Appeals Court Rules An appellate court in New Jersey, affirming a trial court’s decision, has ruled that a travel insurance policy excluded coverage for an illness that manifested itself on the policy’s effective date. Read More Endorsements Absence of Fire Alarm, in Violation of Policy’s Protective Safeguards Endorsement, Doomed Insured’s Claim, N.Y. District Court Says A federal district court in New York has ruled that an insured was not entitled to coverage for fire damage to its insured property where the insured had no fire alarm at the property, in violation of its insurance policy’s protective safeguards endorsement – notwithstanding that the insurer had twice inspected the property. Read More Verdicts & Settlements Insurers Pay $275,000 to Settle Suit Alleging That Party’s Hosts Had Not Properly Overseen Go-Kart Use Two insurance companies have agreed to pay a total of $275,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that parents hosting a party had not adequately overseen the use of a go-kart, resulting in injuries to a 13-year-old. Read More Homeowners Insurance “Earth Movement” Exclusion Precluded Coverage for Loss Caused by Rockfall That Destroyed Insured Home, Utah Court Rules Losses caused when a rockfall destroyed an insured home were excluded from insurance coverage under the policy’s earth movement exclusion because the rockfall amounted to a “landslide,” a federal district court in Utah has ruled. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Federal Actions 11 Years After Katrina, FEMA Told It Should Recover $3.4 Million of $3.5 Million Awarded to Hope Academy Hope Academy in D’Iberville, Mississippi, received a Federal Emergency Management Agency public assistance award of $3.5 million for damages Hurricane Katrina caused in August 2005. Now, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security has issued a report concluding that FEMA should recover $3.4 million of the $3.5 million award. Read More Fire Insurance Mickey and Willie Sniff Out Arson  Canine officers Mickey and Willie are the two latest additions to the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office. The recent arrival of the two specially trained and certified Belgian Malinois has brought the canine team up to its full capacity of five. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS Ironshore Enhances Terrorism Program with Crisis Endorsement and Active Shooter Extension Read More Insurance Coverage Attorney Thomas Holden Joins Greenberg Traurig as Of Counsel in San Francisco Read More Coface Appoints Fredrik Murer to Lead its North America Region Read More Phoenix Launches New Brand as a Nassau Re Company  Read More Zurich Launches Commercial Insurance Unit Headed by James Shea; Claudia Dill, Jack Howell, and Shea Join Executive Committee Read More View All Industry News   ISO Forms OP DS 01 04 13 Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire Fall Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives   Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ. 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