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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Wednesday, November 23, 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

Life Insurance
Employee's Obituary Helped Doom Claim That He Was Insured under Employer's Group Life Plan at His Death
A federal district court in Ohio has upheld an insurance company's decision, relying in part on a published obituary, that a participant in a company's group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plan was no longer an active employee of the company at the time of his death and, as a consequence, that the insurer was not required to pay death benefits to his beneficiaries. Read More

Life Insurance
ERISA Preempted Oregon "Slayer Statute," Federal Court Rules
An appellate court in Oregon has ruled that Oregon's "slayer statute," which prohibits a life insurance beneficiary from collecting on a decedent's life insurance policy if the potential beneficiary is a "slayer" of the decedent, was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) as the Oregon law "related to" an "employee benefit plan." The appellate court also ruled, however, that the plaintiffs should be permitted to amend their complaint to assert a claim under the federal common law "slayer" rule. Read More

Life Insurance
AD&D Policy Did Not Cover Insured's Death from Mixed Drug Overdose, Montana District Court Finds
A federal district court in Montana has ruled that an accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy did not cover the insured's accidental death from a mixed drug overdose even though the insured had been prescribed the drugs for various medical conditions. Read More

Automobile Insurance
Indiana Court Refuses to Extend Insurer-Insured Privilege to First-Party Case
A federal district court in Indiana has refused to extend the insurer-insured privilege to a first-party case, but it found that a protective order prohibited use of the information it ordered disclosed in the underlying tort action against the insured. Read More

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 LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY

In the States

Massachusetts Governor Appoints National Mortgage Insurance's Michael Dirrane as Chairman of MassHousing
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has appointed Michael J. Dirrane, senior managing director and chief sales officer of National Mortgage Insurance Corporation, a subsidiary of NMI Holdings, Inc., as chairman of MassHousing, a Boston-based affordable housing agency. Read More

Health Insurance
HealthCare.gov Is Seeking Vendors to Train Agents for 2018
Managers of HealthCare.gov are starting to gear up for the open enrollment period for 2018. Read More

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 INDUSTRY NEWS
FC&S Legal Publishes "6 Steps to Maximize Business Insurance Recoveries Before the Next Weather Event" Read More

DRI Names New Officers and Board Members  
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Beazley Launches Professional Liability Form for Small and Mid-Sized Companies  
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Four Out of Five SMEs Fear Impact of Climate Change on Their Business, Zurich Survey Finds
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Arch Insurance Group Launches New Network Security and Privacy  
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60px_newMeyerowitz Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ.
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