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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Wednesday, December 10, 2014   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 Homeowners Insurance Texas Supreme: Trial Court Should Not Have Ordered Insurer to Produce Claims Files The Texas Supreme Court has rejected, as an abuse of discretion, a trial court’s decision ordering an insurance company to produce files for claims handled by two adjusters who also adjusted the plaintiff homeowner’s claims where the files were related to properties in the plaintiff’s town and to the storms that caused damage to the plaintiff’s home. Read More Workers Compensation New Mexico Supreme: Nurse Who Slipped on Recently Mopped Floor Was Entitled to 10 Percent Increase in Benefits Due to Absence of “Wet Floor” Sign The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that a “wet floor” sign was a safety device and that a nurse who slipped on a recently mopped floor at work was entitled to a 10 percent increase in benefits because a “wet floor” sign had not been posted near the mopped floor. Read More Homeowners Insurance New Hampshire Supreme: Coverage Doomed by Mom’s Alleged “Knowing, Reckless, and Wanton Support and Facilitation” of Her Son’s Criminal Drug Activity The New Hampshire Supreme Court, affirming a trial court’s decision, has ruled that the “reckless and wanton conduct” in which an insured homeowner was alleged to have engaged – knowingly permitting her son to engage in criminal drug activity on her property – did not constitute an “occurrence” as required for coverage under her homeowner’s or umbrella insurance policies. Read More Professional Liability Insurance Wyoming Supreme: State’s Professional Malpractice Law May Not Apply to Allegations that Bail Bondsman Negligently Released Person After Bailing Him Out of Jail The Wyoming Supreme Court, reversing a trial court’s decision, has ruled that the state’s professional malpractice law may not apply to allegations that a bail bondsman had negligently released a person from his custody after bailing him out of jail. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Reinsurance NAIC Recommends that Five International Reinsurance Authorities Become “Qualified Jurisdictions” for Reinsurance Collateral Purposes The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has announced that five international reinsurance supervisory authorities have been recommended by the NAIC’s Qualified Jurisdiction (E) Working Group for approval as Qualified Jurisdictions under the Process for Developing and Maintaining the NAIC List of Qualified Jurisdictions. Read More In the States Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal to Retire Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal has announced that he will retire on December 31, 2014. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS Lawyers Rank 5th on Safest Driver List; Travel Industry Workers Are Most Accident-Prone Read More 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Appoints Robert Gantley as Chief Operating Officer Read More UnitedHealthcare Offers Consumers Health Insurance Coverage on 23 Individual Exchanges for 2015 Read More AIG Appoints Charlie Shamieh as CEO for Life, Health, and Disability Insurance; Alessa Quane Is Named Corporate Chief Actuary Read More Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Introduces Directors and Officers Liability Policy Read More View All Industry News   Q&A The Insured under the Care, Custody, or Control Exclusion Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire December Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives   Steven A. 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