Insurance Archive » August, 2009

Insurance - August, 2009

155 articles

• AIG, Former Brass To Enter Arbitration Pact
• Delta Financial Looks To 3rd Circ. In Coverage Spat
• St. Paul Not Off Hook For AOL Privacy Suits: 9th Circ.
• Calif. Insurance Chief Fights To Bar $1B Asset Sale
• Penford Wants $50M Summary Judgment Over Losses
• AIG Asks Judge To Toss Pigskin Premium Dispute
• 5th Circ. Reverses Wilshire Duty To Defend Ruling
• Ensuring Insurer Standing To Object To Reorganization
• Aon Judge Has Change Of Heart
• Zurich Told It Must Cover Relocation In Oil Spill Case
• Upcoming HHS/OCR Breach Notification Requirements
• Defunct La. Hospital Slams Insurer With $59M Suit
• Lanier Starts New Bad Faith Insurance Group
• Del. High Court Keeps Insurer's Intel Suit Alive
• Class Claims Deferred In Hartford Subrogation Suit
• Kilpatrick Stockton Adds 2 Dickstein Insurance Attys
• Calif. Ins. Commissioner To Sue Over $1B Fund Sale
• 1st Circ. Sides With Insurers V. Equipment Lessor
• FEMA Faces New Suit Over Flood Insurance Program
• Reinsurers Appeal Arbitration Panel Appointment
• Enterprise Faces Class Action Over Rental Insurance
• The House Of Lords Stance In Wasa V. Lexington
• Xcel Fails To Broaden Coverage For $120M Cleanup
• More Uniform State Insurance Standards Needed: GAO
• Health Insurance Price-Fixing Suits Merged Into MDL
• Lyondell Creditors Seek To Limit Use Of D&O Policies
• Most Claims Survive In Uzbek Tea War Insurance Suit
• 1st Circ. Nixes Insurer's Appeal In Attachment Fight
• Aon Chastised For 'Thoughtless' Dismissal Challenge
• Insurer Must Share Docs In Wiles Policy Spat: 6th Circ.
• Insurers, Utilities Clash Over Explosion Coverage
• SEC Slaps Ex-AIG CFO With 5-Year Ban
• The Scope Of Post-Ponzi Fallout
• Ky. Appeals Court Bolsters Economic Loss Rule
• Disabled Man Sues Orrick Herrington For Retaliation
• Insurer Sues NJ Firm Locked In Malpractice Fight
• Vt. Court Says State Law Applies To Umbrella Policies
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Insurer's Noncompete
• HP, Others Sued Over Videoconferencing Patent
• Insurer To Pay $24M In Suit Over Pre-1959 Race Bias
• Calyon Seeks $1.6B Over Subprime Securities
• Marsh & McLennan Fights Refusal To Bar State Claims
• NH Hits North Star Up For $2M Over Enviro Deal
• Insurer, Supplement User Clash Over Injury Coverage
• BofA, Allstate, Others Hit With Marketing IP Suit
• La. Insurer To Pay $6M To Continue Katrina Appeal
• LM Aims To Nix Roush Suit Over Workers' Comp Fees
• Wal-Mart Says Insurer Must Pay For Liability Suit
• Satellite Insurer Objects To DBSD Reorganization Plan
• Hartford Fights To Dismiss Fla. Homeowners' Action
• Contemplating A US Insurance Super-Regulator
• QBE, Lloyd's On Hook For $12M Over E. Coli Scare
• Coverage Spat Over Drilling Co.'s Waste Nixed
• Allstate Wildfire Damage Class Action Nixed
• US Policy Trumps Calif. Insurance Law: 9th Circ.
• Trade Am Calls Out Insurer Over Confidential Doc
• AIG Wins Dismissal Of $1B Workers' Comp Fraud Suit
• Consenting To Settle Covered, Noncovered Claims?
• Judge Allows 9/11 Insurers' Claims to Proceed
• WCI Ch. 11 Plan Draws Fire From US, Insurers
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Joel Feldman
• Policyholders Claim AIG Not Covering Madoff Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Denies Class In Hartford Disability Spat
• Judge Gives Thumbs Up To Pliant Insurance Deals
• Calif. Title Insurers Move To Toss Price-Fixing Suit
• Jenner & Block Scores Top Insurance Litigator
• 5th Circ. Unsure Of Jurisdiction For Aetna Suit
• JPML Weighs Transfer Of Insurer, GeoStar Dispute
• WL Homes Product Liability Suits To Proceed
• Communicating Effectively When Bad News Breaks
• Bray Creditors Seek To Preserve Lexington Suit
• Allianz's Effort To Toss Annuity Claims Shut Down
• SonicBlue Bondholders Can't Collect Admiral D&O
• Formosa Adds New Insurance Defendant To $58M Suit
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Marc Tepper
• Duke Asks For Defense Ruling In Spat With Insurer
• NY Gov. Taps Insurance Atty To Lead Top Regulator
• Allstate Strikes Deal In Medical Expenses Action
• AIG Makes Board Chair Position Independent
• When 'Other Insurance' Clauses Conflict
• WR Grace Pitches Allstate Asbestos Claim Deal
• Ace, Delphi Strike Deal Over Insurance Contracts
• Century Indemnity Can't Get Bad Faith Claims Nixed
• Insurer Off Hook For Custom Hardware Copyright Suit
• Lloyd's Sues Gas Station Over Tainted Slushie Claims
• Maritime Cos. Appeal Insurer's Win Over Tanker Crash
• Ex-AIG Heads To Pay $115M To Settle With Ohio AG
• Post-Claim Underwriting: Calif.'s Dirty Secret
• American Automobile Off Hook In Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Agents' Suit V. Brooke Lending Arm, Banks Quashed
• Wilson Elser Snags PL Expert From Jeffer Mangels
• Insurer Seeks Coverage Ruling In Whistleblower Case
• 5th Circ. Sends Ensco Rig Debris Suit Back To Dallas
• Calif. Fights LandAmerica Stay Bid In Property Spat
• Avery Hits Up Insurer For $5M Antitrust Legal Fees
• Hartford Hands Over $48M Fla. Workers' Comp Refund
• $22M Bad Faith Judgment Against United Fire Affirmed
• Financial Litigator Joins Hinshaw & Culbertson
• Underwriters Off Hook For Port Of New Orleans Suit
• State Farm Qui Tam Suit Over Flood Claims Survives
• AHM Asks To Use D&O Policy In $24M Fraud Deal
• Wage Suit Against Calif. Dairies Not Covered: Judge
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Jon Biasetti
• The Right To Reimbursement Of Defense Costs?
• 7th Circ. Affirms Arbitration Award In Insurers' Spat
• Judge OKs $925M UnitedHealth Deal, Slashes Fees
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's William Stanhope
• Unitrin Sued Over Hurricane Season Policy-Nixing
• Mass. View On Pro-Rata 'Time-On-The-Risk' Allocation
• Century Indemnity Off Hook In Fla. Enviro Case
• Judge Won't Dismiss Mich. Blue Cross ERISA Suit
• Insurer Fights Defense Liability For Hagens Berman
• AIG Loses Bid To Toss Sound Transit Cleanup Suit
• MassMutual Sues Insurers For Madoff Defense Costs
• Church Fights Back In Sex Abuse Coverage Dispute
• Lenox Says State Farm Suit Would Damage Defense
• Pool Defect Claims Contractual, Not Tort: 5th Circ.
• New Developments In The Law On Insurable Interest
• 8th Circ. Hands Contractor Win In Insurance Spat
• AT&T Option Coverage Suit Rightly Tossed: Court
• Stay Lifted In Insurance Spat Over Massey Mine Fire
• Stanford Brokers Battle Receiver Over D&O Policy
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Brian Casey
• Insurer Ordered To Cover ORI In Amputated Toes Suit
• Willis Group Sued Again Over Alleged Stanford Plot
• When A Party Arbitrator Has To Quit An Arbitration
• Ind. Teachers' Action Over MetLife Options Quashed
• Fortis Investors Fail To Block Insurance Units' Sale
• Former AIG Execs Settle SEC Claims For $17M
• PetSmart Seeks Coverage In Hamster Death Suits
• No Duty To Defend For Insurer In AARP Suit: 5th Circ.
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Kirk Pasich
• Sierra Pacific Seeks $20M In Dam Coverage
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Can't Collect On Settlement
• Aon To Appeal $32M Loss In Reinsurance Spat
• AIG, PwC Seek Dismissal In AIG Securities Litigation
• Resort's 'Deceit' Sinks Hurricane Insurance Suit
• Hartford Insurance Hit With Wage-And-Hour Action
• The Calif. Insurance Commissioner's Iran Initiative
• Sedgwick Snags Akin Gump Insurance Partner
• Baby Formula Insurance Spat Survives Dismissal Bid
• Markel Fires Back In Intel Antitrust Coverage Dispute
• Cert. Bid Fails In State Farm Katrina Payout Suit
• Analysis: Biltmore Assocs. V. Twin City Fire Ins. Co.
• Securities Lawsuits Take Off Again: Report
• Geico Loses Bid To Toss Katz Patent Suit
• AIG Units Say Countrywide Lacks Authority For Claims
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Paul Kalish
• Bill Seeks To Close Controversial Tax Loophole
• $3M Insurance Deal OK'd In Lydia Capital Fraud Case
• Katrina Victims Seek Cert For State Farm Suit
• Bird Fires Back In $3.6M Asbestos Claims Billing Spat
• Failed Development Spurs $26M Bond Insurance Suit
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Bill O'Neill
• Responding To Semi-Objectionable Discovery