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Insurance - March, 2011

229 articles

• Lloyd's, Others Sue Exxon Over NJ Cleanup Coverage
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of CalStar Suits
• Hours Don't Count In First-To-File Law: EU Adviser
• AIG Can't Ditch Pension Plan Action
• Agencies Assemble Antitrust Guidance For ACOs
• Rising Star: McDermott's Ryan Smethurst
• QBE Sued Over Refusal To Cover Wilma Damage
• Conseco Gets Securities Fraud Action Booted
• LA County Owes Earthquake Insurers $6M, Court Affirms
• NY Approves Merger Of Insurance, Bank Regulators
• NY Fed Rejects $15.7B AIG Bid To Rebuy MBS
• Insurer Trims Claims In A&F Derivative Coverage Suit
• Liberty Scores 5th Circ. Win On Contractors' Coverage
• Insurer Needn't Pay NYC $21M Bond, Judge Says
• Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Catherine Mondell
• Clyde & Co. Gets 2 More Cozen Insurance Attys
• Implications Of Nickerson V. Stonebridge
• Swiss Re Unit Ends Suit Over Pizza Hut Storm Losses
• Mortgage Insurer Fights Countrywide Arbitration Bid
• Insurer Sheds Claims Over Factory Cleanup Coverage
• Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Kimberly Melvin
• FDIC Backs 5% Risk Retention For Most Mortgages
• Zurich Wins 9th Circ. Ruling On Actuary Coverage
• Va. AG Tells 4th Circ. Entire Health Care Law Must Go
• 5th Circ. Upholds Class Denial In Title Insurance Row
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• NY Judge Won't Reconsider MF Global Coverage Ruling
• Judge Won't Step Down From Ex-AIG Execs' Fraud Case
• Chadbourne & Parke Stays In $25M Asbestos Suit
• 5th Circ. Says WQIS Must Pay $2M For La. Barge Spill
• Syncora Gets Quick Win In Suit Over $666M In MBS
• MetLife To Sell Taiwan Life Insurance Unit For $180M
• MBIA Suit Over $1B CDO Deal Survives
• Judge Misread MBIA Policies, Insurers Tell 2nd Circ.
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Bryce Friedman
• Insurers Want National Fire To Cover Home Defect Suits
• Insurer Must Pay Up In $7M Holiday Inn Flood Suit
• DOJ Expands Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Probe
• Ex-Solicitor General To Rep States In PPACA Fight
• Fla. House Committee OKs Malpractice Cap Bill
• Rival Filed Sham Suits, Insurance Manager Says
• OfficeMax Coverage Suit Must Move To Canada: Insurer
• McBreen Demands Insurer Cover Fiduciary Claims
• Agency Merger May Put New Cop On Wall Street Beat
• Auto Insurers Can't Shake Repair Part Antitrust Suit
• Lloyd's Wants Stay Of Forest Fire Coverage Suit
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part I
• Insurer Wins Toxic Water Suit Against Ill. Village
• Barnard Settles Coverage Suit Over Conduit Collapse
• Group Sues HHS For Access To Health Care Ad Info
• Jones Day Snags 4 Howrey Insurance, Antitrust Attys
• Deepwater Spill Won't Stir Drilling Insurance Policies
• Tom Hanks Casts Fraud Suit Against Ex-Broker
• Vermont House Approves Single-Payer Health Care Bill
• Jury Convicts Former Exec In $100M Fraud Suit
• Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Jennifer Devery
• AIG, Farmers Face Call Center Rep FLSA Action
• Anti-Indemnity Statutes Cave To Insurance Obligation
• Hostess To Appeal IP Defense Row With Insurer
• Duped Art Investors Seek To Nix AXA's Coverage Suit
• 5th Circ. Lets Lexington Off For Hurricane Coverage
• PBM Baby Formula Suit Dismissed After State Ruling
• Atty Class Wins Cert. In Title Agent Spat
• Insurer For Consultant Fights Chevron Suit Coverage
• Va. AG Urges High Court To Take Up Health Care Suit
• Judge Denies Asset Freeze In Funeral Fraud Suit
• Scottrade, Travelers End Suit Over $14M Hacking Loss
• Claims Workers Slap American Zurich With OT Action
• HHS Sued Over Health Care Waiver Docs
• Targeting Health Care Antitrust In Texas
• Mead Johnson Sues For Coverage Of Baby Formula Suits
• Watchdog Blasts Insurance Regulators' Industry Ties
• Edwards Angell Nabs Debevoise Insurance Deals Expert
• FTC Warns Miss. Lawmakers Over Drug Manager Bill
• Judge OKs $34M Countrywide Reinsurance Settlement
• Arch Breached E&O Policy Sold To Lafayette Life: Judge
• Portal Sues Ascension For $5M Over Purchase Deal
• AIG, Others To Pay $36.8M To Settle Antitrust MDL
• Ex-Legislator Gets 4 To 12 Years For Insurance Fraud
• High Court Denies $200M Hedge Fund Insurance Suit
• Wyndham Wins Fee Battle In Plane Crash Coverage Suit
• Ambac, US Name Mediator In $700M Tax Dispute
• No Superfund Coverage In Penn Policy: 4th Circ.
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• Tenn. Passes Law To Skirt Health Care Mandate
• Calif. Joins Relator's Kickback Suit V. Bristol-Myers
• 6th Circ. Cuts Fraudster's Money Laundering Charge
• Banks Appeal Dismissal Of MBIA Restructuring Suit
• Korean Insurer Hits Goldman With $47M Securities Suit
• US Fights Full 11th Circ. Review Of Health Care Law
• Defining The Essential Health Benefits Package
• Insurer Accuses US Bancorp Of $47M MBS 'Heist'
• For Toyota, Quake Could Carry D&O Implications
• Feds Lose Bid To Stay Calif. Same-Sex Benefits Suit
• Geithner Names McRaith To Head Insurance Office
• Doctor Class Loses Cert. In Travelers Fraud Suit
• Berkshire Unit Bound By Coverage Settlement: Judge
• Insurer Hit With $19M Verdict Over Hospital Coverage
• BofA, Fifth Third Aided $70M Insurance Fraud: Concord
• AIG Beats Derivative Suit In 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Lets St. Paul Off Hook For Software IP Suit
• The ABCDEFs Of Building Client Loyalty
• Bill Aims To Cut Filing Regs For Large Policyholders
• Class Counsel's Fees Halved In Fla. Insurance Suit
• HHS Readies Health Exchange Guidance For States
• Reinsurer's Losses Disprove Kickback Suit: Wells Fargo
• Beware The Doctrine Of Superior Equities
• Mont. Orders AG To Join Health Care Reform Challenge
• Chadbourne Adds Sullivan Insurance, Corporate Atty
• Insurers Appeal Home Repair Action To 8th Circ.
• Insurers Settle Smithfield Fire Claims For $208M
• ADR — Mediation Vs. Arbitration
• 11th Circ. Nixes St. Paul Win In Bank's Bond Suit
• Attys Skimmed $1M From Genocide Deals, Suit Claims
• NY Assembly Challenges Cuomo's Malpractice Cap
• Obama Accused Of Passing Health Law Regs In Secret
• The Global Impact Of Japan's Disasters
• FDIC Sets Up Clawback Rules For Failed Bank Execs
• 7th Circ. Revives Auxiant ERISA Action
• 9/11 Plaintiffs' Firm Must Work With Other Atty: Judge
• What Employers Owe Staff In Foreign Hot Spots
• Construction Co. Sued For OT On Public Projects
• Reviving Time-Barred Actions Via Legislation
• AIG Seeks Quick Win In Ex-Real Estate Head's Suit
• DOJ Contests Va. Health Care Law Appeal
• Insurers Likely To Avoid Japanese Nuclear Claims
• Pa. Action Over Dead Health Care Plan Targets Pols
• Trustee, Insurers Attack Asbestos Firms' Fees Bid
• Former NY Regulators Slam Approval Of MBIA Split
• Jenner & Block Lands Dickstein Insurance Atty
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Insurer's Appeal Of Spill Coverage
• Champion Seeks Quick Win In PCB Cleanup Suit
• Troubleshooting Calif.'s Health Benefit Exchange
• Wis. Insurance Co. CEO To Admit To Fraud
• 11th Circ. Fast-Tracks Health Care Reform Fight
• 2nd Circ. Kills B&L Indemnity Bid, Not Defense Claim
• National Western Can Record Class' Calls In RICO Suit
• How Reasonable Are Those Expectations?
• Know The Rules On Both Sides Of The Pond
• Constellation Takes On Brokers Over $130M Coal Risk
• Lawmakers Eye National Flood Insurance Overhaul
• Hall Estill, EpsteinBeckerGreen Face Malpractice Suit
• WTC Owners Battle Airlines Over 9/11 Settlement
• HHS Proposes New State Health Care Waiver Rules
• Texas Insurer Ordered To Indemnify Sabic In MTBE MDL
• 5th Circ. Upholds Seacor's $3M Katrina Damages Award
• Ex-AIG Execs Say Judge In NY Case Is Biased
• Insurer Fights CIT Bond Ruling In Fed. Circ.
• Defining 'Inferred Intent' In Ohio
• Not So Sweet 16
• MedAssets Seeks Discovery Sanctions In Insurance Row
• Scaffold Co. Sues Zurich Over Wrongful Death Coverage
• NC Lawmakers Fail To Pass Health Care Law Protest
• Mid-Continent Faces Suit Over Construction Defense
• American Capital Can't Nix Insurers' Heparin Suit
• Tort Reform Group Sees Conflict In Cuomo Panel
• Insurer Escapes Coverage Suit Over Metal Plant Blast
• Gemini Tries To Avoid Coverage Over Condo Windows
• United Health Seeks To Revive $28M Insurance Claim
• Superdome Owner Tries To Revive $13M Insurance Suit
• State AGs Support Health Care Law At 4th Circ.
• Antitrust Risks For ACOs
• How To Avoid The FCPA Hook For 3rd-Party Misconduct
• US Appeals Fla. Ruling Against Health Care Reform Law
• UnitedHealth, Lawmakers Bash $24B Humana Contract
• Countrywide Can't Blame MBS Loss On Crash: MBIA
• Bankruptcy Judge Stays Ambac Employees' ERISA Suit
• Kaiser Unit To Settle OT Class Action For $1.1M
• Mo. Wins $20M Fight With Nationwide On Appeal
• EU OKs French Insurance For Aircraft Parts Suppliers
• 200 NY Attorneys Back Cuomo's Malpractice Overhaul
• National Fire Sues Over Asbestos Claims Coverage
• Impact Of Century-National Insurance V. Jesus Garcia
• Tennessee House Passes Bill To Curb PPACA Mandates
• First American Snags Commonwealth Real Estate Atty
• MBIA Seeks KO In Contract Suit Over $1B CDO Deal
• Ex-Insurance Adjuster To Pay $22M For Fraud Scheme
• Caremark Can't Ditch Contract Claims In Coventry Suit
• Clyde & Co. Secures O'Melveny Insurance Partner
• Liberty Seeks To Avoid Covering $22M Asbestos Suit
• Court OKs Allianz's $100M Deal With Calif. Seniors
• Insurer Liable For Construction Damages: Ga. Court
• Travelers Settles Coverage Suit Over Ala. Road Work
• Insurer Covered Up $220M Ponzi Scheme, Investors Say
• The State Of Cyberinsurance
• High Court Denies Cert On Ch. 11 Insurance Payments
• Lloyd's Looks To Duck Coverage Of NFL Player's Fall
• Ambac ERISA Claimants Win OK For Limited Discovery
• Judge Hands BEI Partial Win In $20M Coverage Suit
• $8M Contamination Coverage Row Sent To Ohio Court
• Insurers Must Cover Ill. City's Wrongful Arrest Loss
• Fla. Bill Would Cap Recoveries Against Insurers
• INA Can't Dodge Newmont CERCLA Coverage Suit
• Eubelius, Linklaters Rep KBC In $737M Centea Sale
• UnitedHealth Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Limiting Liability For Construction Cos. In Ill.
• Group Sues For Access To Kagan Health Care Law Docs
• GOP Brings Back Medical Malpractice Reform Bill
• Policyholder Appeals Conseco Suit Claim Over Hikes
• 4 Insurers Exit $20M Goldman Debris Coverage Suit
• First American Merges Claims In Orleans Ch. 11
• Cigna Worker Launches $100M Sex Bias Action
• Bill Aims To Protect NYers From Mold Dangers
• Fla. Judge Stays Toss Of Federal Health Care Reform
• Grappling With Retained Asset Accounts
• Gibson Sues Insurer For $17M Over Flood Damage
• AIG Takes In $9.6B With MetLife Stake Sale
• State Farm Negligence Coverage Suit Survives
• 4th Circ. Sinks Builders' Bid For Damages From Insurer
• Travelers Off Hook For PCB Cleanup Costs
• Genesis Claws Back $6.3M For Investor Action Defense
• QBE Asked To Cover $11M In Fla. Condo Repair Suit
• Manufacturers Sue Travelers Over Pollution Coverage
• 4 Fla. Insurance Execs Charged With $20M Fraud
• Bank Fights FDIC Decision To Nix Tax Refund Loans
• Mo. High Court Rules On Insurer Venue Rules
• The Fiduciary Duty Of Insurance Brokers In NY
• Hartford, First State Seek To Dodge MTBE Suit
• Insurers Freed From Tissue Donation Coverage Suit
• Continental Wants Off Hook Over Diacetyl Suits
• Employers, Meet GINA
• Former Agent Targets New York Life In Wage Action
• Merrill Lynch Sold $167M In Toxic MBS, Allstate Says
• Swiss Re Unit Owes $2M Over Hospital Project: Sodexo
• Insurer May Have Appealed Too Soon, 2nd Circ. Says
• Texas Officials Put TWIA Under Agency Oversight
• Sentinel Tries To Duck Coverage For Microsoft IP Suit
• Howrey Partners Defect To MoFo, Kirkland, Others
• Know Your D&O Policy