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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Monday, October 5, 2015   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 Automobile Insurance Florida District Court Dismisses Collision Repair Shops' Antitrust Claims Against Auto Insurers In the first-filed action in a multidistrict litigation case involving two dozen suits, consolidated for pretrial purposes, in which collision repair shops across the country accused many of the automobile insurers in their states of conspiring to suppress the reimbursement rates for collision repairs in violation of Section I of the Sherman Antitrust Act and various state laws, the Florida federal district court has granted the insurers' motion to dismiss all claims, with prejudice. Read More Employee Benefits Illinois Supreme: Award of Line-of-Duty Disability Pension Established as a Matter of Law that Public Safety Employee Had Suffered Catastrophic Injury The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a pension board's award of a line-of-duty disability pension to a public safety employee established as a matter of law that the employee had suffered a catastrophic injury for purposes of being entitled to continuing health insurance benefits. Read More Professional Liability Insurance Doctor Who Fled U.S. After Being Indicted Waived Right to Require that His Insurer Obtain His Consent Before Settling Claims against Him A federal district court in Ohio has ruled that a physician who fled the United States after being indicted on a number of counts by a federal grand jury had waived the right to require that his insurance carrier obtain his consent before settling claims against him. Read More Commercial General Liability Target Was an Additional Insured Under Supplier's CGL Policy Despite Expiration of Parties' Program Agreement, Illinois District Court Finds A federal district court in Illinois has ruled that Target was an insured under a commercial general liability insurance policy issued to Target's fitting rooms supplier despite the expiration of the program agreement between Target and the supplier, where their supplier qualification agreement remained in effect. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Superstorm Sandy New Jersey Couple Charged with Superstorm Sandy Fraud A husband and wife from New Jersey have been charged with filing false insurance claims purportedly involving property damage to their home, a storage unit, and their son's dorm room following Superstorm Sandy. Read More In the States Country's Longest Serving Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kreidler, Will Seek Re-Election The Washington state insurance commissioner, Mike Kreidler, has announced that he will seek re-election in 2016 to another term. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS United Insurance Holdings to Acquire Interboro Insurance Company Read More AmTrust Financial Services to Acquire Republic Companies, a Texas-Based Property/Casualty Insurer Read More AIR Worldwide Estimates Global Catastrophe Loss Potential Read More State Farm Ranks Highest in Individual Life Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power Study Shows Read More Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Announces Healthcare Data Capability Intended to Drive Improved Quality and Affordable Care Read More View All Industry News   Form Analysis Personal Umbrella Liability Policy Public or Livery Conveyance Exclusion Endorsement Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire Septmeber/October 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_%%. 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