Geico Asks 5th Circ. To Ax Class Cert. In Total-Loss Suit
11th Circ. Gives Berkshire Split Ruling In $4M Coverage Case
Wash. Justices To Take Up Long-Awaited Virus Coverage Issues
Geico Asks 5th Circ. To Ax Class Cert. In Total-Loss Suit
Geico and a slew of affiliates urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse a Texas federal judge's ruling certifying a class action accusing the insurer of underpaying policyholders for the actual cash value of their totaled vehicles, saying the lower court made a number of distinct errors.
11th Circ. Gives Berkshire Split Ruling In $4M Coverage Case
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a ruling that a Berkshire Hathaway unit and Wells Fargo must pay $4 million to a Florida woman's estate over an illegally procured life insurance policy, although Berkshire can continue arguing that it should be entitled to recover premiums it paid on the policy.
Wash. Justices To Take Up Long-Awaited Virus Coverage Issues
Policyholders and insurers will turn their attention to Washington's top court on June 28 as the justices consider whether a pediatric dental practice was insured for losses caused by government-imposed restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a venue policyholder attorneys have long hoped would prove friendly to their clients.
Expert Analysis
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Property More
A New Jersey state appeals panel ruled that an Atlantic City casino and resort operator's suit for pandemic coverage should have been dismissed by a lower court that found the casino plausibly alleged it susta... (more story)
Home repair contractors who say that the Florida Legislature favored the insurance industry too much with a set of new laws this spring struck back with a set of constitutional challenges in a trio of suits as... (more story)
The New Hampshire Medical Society blasted arguments from insurers that COVID-19 can be easily removed, telling the state's high court that the arguments amount to "junk science."
A New York appellate court denied a restaurant operator's request to take its COVID-19 coverage appeal to the state's highest court.
A Georgia-based arcade company lost its appeal for coverage of its pandemic losses Thursday when an Eleventh Circuit panel ruled that the company failed to allege the kind of direct physical loss required for ... (more story)
Zurich urged the Fifth Circuit to uphold the dismissal of a Louisiana-based helicopter service company's suit seeking to recover COVID-19-related business interruption losses, after a state appeals panel hande... (more story)
Live Nation told a California federal judge Wednesday to tune out Factory Mutual Insurance Co.'s renewed request to trim its COVID-19 coverage suit, saying the "new" rulings cited by the insurer are irrelevant to its case.
General Liability More
UnitedHealth Group Inc. regularly offsets overpayments to providers from certain health plans by withholding payments to those providers from other health plans, a practice that lines the pockets of the insure... (more story)
A New York federal judge ruled that a general contractor facing personal injury claims by a steel subcontractor's employee can't tap into additional-insured coverage under the subcontractor's policy.
Travel insurer Generali urged the Second Circuit to affirm its win in New York federal court over pandemic-related trip cancellation coverage, arguing that the proposed class actions it faces should be tossed ... (more story)
Talc producer Cyprus Mines Corp. received approval Thursday from a Delaware bankruptcy judge to extend the automatic stay of litigation against its nondebtor parent company to stop the prosecution of claims fo... (more story)
A land developer and its owner urged a Georgia federal judge to rethink a ruling awarding summary judgment to an insurer in a coverage fight over runoff that allegedly damaged a woman's pond, arguing a trial s... (more story)
Admiral Insurance Co. wants a federal judge to say it does not have to cover the defense and possible payouts a northeast Ohio protective gear maker faces in lawsuits filed by firefighters who said they were e... (more story)
A Los Angeles company that formerly ran a city-owned port won a partial judgment against United National Insurance Co. on Tuesday when a California federal court found that the insurer was obligated to defend ... (more story)
Specialty Lines More
An Illinois-based insurer urged a New Jersey federal court on Friday to let it recoup the $1.1 million that it paid to settle a medical malpractice case, after it said its policyholder falsely stated in insura... (more story)
A Florida federal judge recommended granting preliminary approval Friday on a $34 million settlement Avis Budget Car Rental LLC struck with rental car purchasers that would end the long-running class action ov... (more story)
AIG Specialty Insurance Co. and Colonial Pipeline Co. have settled their dispute in the Northern District of Georgia in relation to a $67 million gas pipeline leak, following a mixed bag ruling at the summary judgment stage.
A Georgia federal court properly rejected a man's bid to recover a $60 million judgment against a medical practice stemming from a liposuction-related death from the practice's insurer, the insurer told the El... (more story)
Allied World Specialty Insurance Co. and a dental insurer each urged an Iowa federal court to rule in their favor in a coverage dispute over underlying antitrust litigation the dental insurer is facing, with t... (more story)
An RSUI unit doesn't have to cover Rush Street Gaming's settlement with an executive who said he was denied an equity stake after the casino company went public, the insurer told an Illinois federal court, say... (more story)
A Chubb unit urged a Texas federal judge to adopt a magistrate judge's recommendation that the insurer doesn't owe coverage to organizers of the South by Southwest festival for a class action brought by refund... (more story)