Insurance Archive » May, 2011

Insurance - May, 2011

178 articles

• E&Y, KPMG Exit Suit Over Insurers' Madoff Investments
• Insurer Escapes Faulty Lid Coverage In Fruit Cup Suit
• AIG Units Fight Coverage Of Lennar Extortion Claims
• 5th Circ. Reverses NYMagic Win In Stevedore Suit
• Banks Fight To Sue MBIA For Monetary Damages
• DR Horton Bears Fruit
• Is Past Prologue To Climate Change Liability?
• The Hidden Risks Of Being A Registered Agent
• Insurance Agents Slap Nationwide With Contract Suit
• Judge Mostly Rejects Bids To Trim Mine Cleanup Suit
• Freed & Weiss Can't Collect Extra Fees In Aon Case
• 11th Circ. Says Medmarc Must Cover Firm's Fraud Losses
• Insurer Sues To Block Coverage For Stolen Body Parts
• Insurer Didn't Breach Broker Services Pact: 2nd Circ.
• MBIA's Morgan Stanley Subprime Suit Stays Alive
• Texas Top Court OKs Insurer Credit Checks In Bias Suit
• Shipyard In Guam Seeks Coverage Over Vessel Loss
• Q&A With Akin Gump's Neel Lane
• China Voice Sues Insurer For Defense In SEC Suit
• Case Study: Cynosure V. St. Paul Fire & Marine
• 3rd. Circ. Upholds Worker's CUNA Disability Coverage
• Medicaid Can Seek Money From Insurers: Mont. Court
• Calif. Court Revives Part Of State Farm Appraisal Action
• O'Quinn Can't Bar Fields Howell From Coverage Row
• Maxum Denies Duty To Cover Trade Secrets Fight
• Travelers Fails To Limit Liability For $16M Trash Suit
• Insurer QBE Wants Off Hook For Faulty Construction Row
• Ensuring Maximum Coverage After Natural Disasters
• PBM Exits National Union's Mead Johnson Coverage Suit
• Texas Senate OKs Bill To Reform State-Backed Insurer
• Insurers Lose Bid To Toss Property Damage Suit
• Ambac Won't Change Ch. 11 Filing Date Over Wis. Row
• The Threat Of Paper Terrorism
• Insurers Sue SC Car Dealer Over Consumer Suit Coverage
• Defending Business Method Troll Attacks
• Q&A With Adams And Reese's Robert Boos
• Insurer Needn't Cover Ford Dealer In Rebate Suit: Judge
• Ill. Insurance Agent Ducks Contract Claims Arbitration
• 6th Circ. Backs $8M Michigan First Win Over Loan Losses
• QBE Sues Utica Over Met Construction Injury Case
• Insurers Win $11M In IRC Reinsurance Fight
• Ambac Fights $116M NYC Tax Bill
• Defining The Essential Health Benefits Package
• Holland & Knight Defied Protective Order, Insurer Says
• Calif. Regulator To Probe Life Insurance Payments
• Manulife Escapes Shareholder Fraud Action
• Allstate, Newmont Settle Over Uranium Mine Cleanup
• Lessons From Southwest Health Alliance
• HSBC Made False Statements In $13M MBS Deal: Insurer
• Nammo Talley Sues Insurers Over Cleanup Coverage
• Farmers To Pay $60M To Settle Credit Score Action
• Contractor Sues AIG Unit Over Defense Of $44M Suit
• Ex-Siegel Atty Wrongly Rep'd Business Partners: 2nd Circ.
• Insurer Seeks To Pare Down 'Expendables' Coverage Suit
• Marsh Wins Restraining Order On Krauter In Poaching Suit
• Insurer Wants No Part Of Four Loko Suits
• Insurers Can Object To 'Neutral' Ch. 11 Plans
• SEC Nabs $3M Judgment In Liberty Mutual Stock Tip Suit
• Life Insurance Agents Exempt From OT, Judge Rules
• US Mandates Health Insurance Rate Hike Reviews
• 7th Circ. Upholds Black Lung Benefits Act Amendment
• Kroger Sues Travelers For Assault Suit Legal Costs
• Insurers Seek To Avoid Covering Skin Care Co. Fights
• Ex-MBC Atty Cops To Role In $837M Insurance Scheme
• Rainbow USA Drops $36M Katrina Fight Against Insurer
• Lehman Approved To Sell Berkshire-Backed Muni Shares
• Stewart Seeks To Dodge Credit Suisse Claim Coverage
• Travelers, Others Wrangle Over $3M Defense Costs
• Insurer Can't Rescind $20M Life Policy: Calif. Court
• Law Firm's Fraud Role Rescinds Coverage, Suit Says
• The Limits Of Federal Rule Of Evidence 408
• Insurer Ordered To Cover KB Home Chinese Drywall Suit
• Hidden IP Risks Void $2M Policy, Travelers Says
• Dewey Reps Allstate In $1B Insurance Quote Cos. Buy
• Ex-Taylor Bean Exec Sues Insurer For $2M Defense Costs
• XL Can't Move Fla. Work Injury Coverage Suit To Canada
• St. Paul Seeks Win In Whistleblower Coverage Fight
• Attys Wrongly Revoked From Coverage Action: 4th Circ.
• Judge Won't Bar Rubin Fiorella From Reinsurance Fight
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $20M Copyright Verdict For Graham
• Q&A With McDermott's Lazar Raynal
• Texas Firms Take On Policyholders To Recoup Business
• Cuomo Taps Aide As NY Financial Services Regulator
• Nationwide Off Hook For Chinese Drywall Claims
• $100M Sex Bias Suit Barred By Contract: Cigna
• High Court Vacates Benefits Ruling For Cigna Class
• Case Study: In Re Universal Underwriters Of Texas
• Banks Claim Right To Seek $5B From MBIA
• Hartford Sues Insurers Over Asbestos Suits Coverage
• Policyholder Says John Alden Skimped On Health Coverage
• Lloyd's Doesn't Owe Bristol-Myers $11M For Theft: Suit
• Insurer Liable For SunTrust Loan Coverage: Judge
• House Panel OKs Flood Insurance Reform Bill
• Life Partners, CEO, GC Could Face SEC Action
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Jim Leonard
• ASIC To Pay Millions To Settle Unfair Competition Suit
• AT&T, Cingular Settle With Marsh In Bid-Rigging MDL
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Isn't Liable In Cynosure Suit
• Calif. Court Revives Safeco Claim Against Lloyd's
• Executive Risk Must Cover Hospital Privacy Row: Judge
• 3rd Circ. GIT Ruling May Reduce Tort Claims, Attys Say
• Equity Firm Balks At MBIA's Bid For CLO Docs
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' David Luttinger
• Insurers, Contractors Owe $6M For Court Project: Suit
• Taco Bell Appeals E. Coli Insurance Suit To 9th Circ.
• Dreier Trustee Makes $1.5M Deal With Federal Insurance
• Remedi Sues Zurich Over Medicare Suit Coverage
• Policy Assignments Can Be Barred: La. High Court
• Farmers Undervalues Lost Property, Suit Says
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Coverage Suit Over Madoff Scheme
• Judge Declines To Limit Related Annuity Suits
• Blue Shield Fights Anorexia Coverage In 9th Circ.
• Too Early To Rule On Diamond Coverage Row, Judge Says
• Customer Info Not A Trade Secret: Nationwide Agents
• Concepcion's Effect On Insurance Arbitration
• 4th Circ. Mulls Va. Standing In Health Care Law Fight
• Aflac Can't Duck Class Action Over Child Premiums
• 10th Circ. Keeps Farmers Class Action In Federal Court
• Insurer Balks At Coverage For ProMedica Merger Suit
• Subcontractor Sues Travelers, Others For $2M
• How Health Care Is Being Challenged
• US Treasury To Create Insurance Advisory Committee
• Case Study: Travelers Property V. Centex
• Nautilus Won't Have To Pay For Downhole's Attys: Judge
• WexTrust Receiver Settles With Much Shelist For $13M
• UK Banks Drop PPI Suit After Setting Aside Billions
• Allied Can't Ditch Securities Claims Coverage Suit
• Howrey Lessons: The Downside Of Contingent Fees
• Amerisure Wins Toss Of Concrete Cos.' Defense Suit
• Sprint, HSBC, Others Sued Over Data Encryption Patent
• Art Gallery Accused Of Forgery Plot Seeks Insurer's Help
• AIG Not Liable For Wrongful Death Claims: 5th Circ.
• Mass. Constitution Protects Legal Immigrants: Court
• MassMutual Sues Impac Over $16M In 'Junk' MBS
• Ambac, Underwriters To Settle Class Action For $33M
• Axis Seeks To Avoid Paying Developer's Defense Costs
• Travelers Challenges Bank's Madoff Appeal In 2nd Circ.
• Marsh Accuses Krauter Of Poaching Employees
• Hartford Seeks To Avoid Covering Crate & Barrel Suits
• Antitrust Guidance For ACOs: Still Evolving
• Rolls-Royce Off Hook For Fees In Ship Insurers' Row
• BofA, Citi Lied About MBS Practices: Suits
• Insuring Renewable Energy Projects
• MassMutual Sues Goldman, Others Over Bad MBS
• SEC Subpoenaed Credit Suisse For Mortgage Docs: MBIA
• Insurer Wins Coverage Row Over Ponzi Scheme Suits
• Liberty Must Cover Architects In $30M Nursing Home Suit
• Lexington Sued For Coverage Of Troubled Salt Mine
• Defining Insurer Liability Through RMBS Cases
• Whistleblower Accuses AIG, Banks Of $137B Bailout Fraud
• Mortgage Insurer Shakes JPMorgan Loan Coverage Suit
• 7th Circ. Nixes Insurer's Appeal In Mall Fire Fight
• Calif. Court Shuts Door On WAIC Reinsurance Appeal
• States Open Fight Over Health Care Law In 11th Circ.
• 5 Top Brooke Execs Settle SEC Fraud Claims
• 3rd Circ. Says Insurers Can Challenge GIT Ch. 11 Plan
• MetLife Intervenes In Protest Of $2B Dental Contract
• Fighting For 'Right' Of Reimbursement
• AIG Must Pay $87M In Coverage Dispute, Panel Says
• Axiom Claims Disparaging Email Breached Settlement
• Blank Rome Snags Ex-Cozen Life Sciences Chair
• 7th Circ. Orders Near North Fraudster Sentence Review
• NYID Must Comply With Email Discovery In $5B MBIA Suit
• ProCentury Drops Coverage Suit Over SEC Probe
• Congress Asks To Join Same-Sex Partner Benefits Suit
• Travelers Wants Off Hook For Popcorn Lung Suits
• Surety Insurer Rips Vitro Ch. 11 Sale Of US Assets
• Gateway Seeks Quick Win In D&O Row Over SEC Defense
• Insurers Want $20M For Allegedly Defective Power Pipes
• Arguing The Future Of Climate Change Litigation
• NY Life Genocide Action Survives For Now
• Dewey Fails To Revive Claim In $1B Malpractice Suit
• Judge Tosses Pilots Union's $44M Suit Against UAL
• Supplement Co. Says Chubb Must Cover 'Shape Up' Suit
• Counterclaims Can't Trigger CAFA Removal: 9th Circ.
• Jones Day Lures M&A Pro From Edwards Angell
• Milberg Negligence Suit Survives 2nd Dismissal Bid
• Aftershock: Japan's Impact On Insurers