Problems viewing this email? Click Here

TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Friday, December 30, 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 Health Insurance Vermont Supreme: Wife Was Eligible for ACA Subsidies Despite Husband’s Decision Not to Enroll in His Employer’s Healthcare Plan The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a wife was eligible for a subsidized healthcare plan on the Vermont Health Connect exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 as a person who did not have available health insurance where her husband had elected not to enroll in his employer’s healthcare plan and she could not enroll in that plan herself unless he enrolled. Read More Automobile Insurance Minnesota Supreme: Unlicensed Out-of-State Insurer Must Pay Minnesota No-Fault Benefits to Its Insured The Minnesota Supreme Court, reversing an appellate court’s decision, has ruled that Minnesota’s no-fault law required an insurer to pay basic economic loss benefits under the Minnesota no-fault law to an insured injured in an accident in an insured vehicle in Minnesota, even though the insurer was an out-of-state insurer not licensed to write motor vehicle insurance in Minnesota. Read More Commercial General Liability Oregon Supreme Court, Dancing Around “Ongoing Operations” Issue, Finds Insurer Had Duty to Defend Additional Insured The Oregon Supreme Court has affirmed an appellate court decision that an insurer had a duty to defend an additional insured under its commercial general liability insurance policy, although the court specifically did not determine whether the policy’s “ongoing operations” provision required that covered damages must have occurred before the additional insured had completed its work. Read More Commercial General Liability California Appeals Court Finds Duty to Defend Suit Alleging Insured’s Negligence Caused Fire 20 Months After Policy’s Expiration An appellate court in California, reversing a trial court’s decision, has ruled that a commercial general liability insurer had a duty to defend its insured, a contractor who had installed a fireplace in a home, against negligence claims stemming from a fire that occurred after the policies no longer were in effect. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Life Insurance California and New Jersey Insurance Regulators Investigating Allegations Wells Fargo Signed Up Consumers for Life Insurance Without Their Permission Insurance regulators in California and New Jersey are investigating allegations by former employees of Prudential Insurance Company that Wells Fargo Bank employees signed up consumers for Prudential life insurance policies without the consumers’ authorization. Read More Insurance Fraud Insurance Broker and Wife Charged with Life Insurance Fraud Relating to Death of Their Son An insurance broker and his wife from Albany, New York, have been charged with stealing life insurance payments and attempting to wrongfully obtain life insurance payments by submitting false claims with respect to the death of their son. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS W. R. Berkley Forms Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions and Appoints Tracey Vispoli President Read More EMPLOYERS Expands Workers’ Compensation Insurance Services into Four States Read More Hanover Insurance Group Elects Jane D. Carlin to Board of Directors Read More Anthem Names Scott Towers as President of Dental Business Read More Amanda Blanc Appointed New Chair of ABI’s General Insurance Council  Read More View All Industry News   Q&A PAP Coverage Question over a Trip and Fall Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire Winter 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, Cope Ehlers, 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_%%. Click here to unsubscribe from %%merge list.descshort%%. Copyright © 2016 ALM Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy 4157 Olympic Blvd., Suite 225 Erlanger, KY 41018 1-800-543-0874