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Insurance - June, 2011

209 articles

• BofA Forced Excess Flood Coverage Purchases: Suit
• Spotlight On Corporate Governance Rules For Insurers
• FDIC Head Calls For Continued Support Of Dodd-Frank
• Fla. High Court Lets Insurer Appraise Hurricane Claims
• MBIA's Suit Against BofA, Countrywide Survives Appeal
• ING Slams AXA Suit Over Merger Misrepresentations
• FDIC Wins Bid To Toss WaMu Mortgage Kickback Suit
• Same-Sex Marriage And NY Employee Benefits
• Sioux Falls Settles Sewer Overflow Suit for $2M
• Thermos Prevails In Asbestos Suit Coverage Fight
• BofA Workers Seek Records In Wage-And-Hour Action
• 3rd Circ. OKs State Liens On Medicaid Patient Awards
• 6th Circ. Backs Health Care Reform's Individual Mandate
• A Practical Guide To Discovery Conference Preparation
• Aon Settles OT Class Action For $10.5M
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes Order Limiting Atty Privileges
• Subcontractor Sues Bond Insurers For Unpaid Work
• Saved From The Bell?
• Liberty Mutual Settles 1031 Embezzlement Fight For $1.7M
• CIC Fights Coverage For Medieval Group Sex Abuse Suit
• Judge Boots Title Insurance Case To Arbitration
• Texas Legislature Approves Bill To Limit TWIA Losses
• 5th Circ. Affirms Bayer Win In Crawfish Buyers' Suit
• Sanford Wittels Denied Coverage In Malpractice Suit
• 5th Circ. Sends Katrina Insurance Case To District Court
• Understanding Force Majeure And Related Issues
• BRS Coverage Limited By Provision: NY Appeals Court
• 9th Circ. Says Mid-Continent Must Cover $4.5M Settlement
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's William Stanhope
• BofA, Others Can Fight MBIA Restructuring: NY High Court
• Ex-Execs Say Marsh Colluded With Spitzer
• Mylan Takes $76M Antitrust Verdict To High Court
• UnitedHealth Seeks 2nd Remand Of GSK Paxil Action
• Calif. Contractor Gets 4 Years For Labor Scheme
• Gauthier Gets No Coverage In Baldwin Suit: Insurer
• Insurer Challenges Duty To Defend Priest Sex Abuse Suits
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Kevin Bruno
• Zyprexa Payors' Off-Label Suit Denied By High Court
• Moody's, S&P Must Disclose Internal MBS Reviews
• JPMorgan Units Hit With Force-Placed Policy Action
• Marsh's Noncompete Is Enforceable: Texas High Court
• 5th Circ. Upholds $15M SEC Win Over Convicted Fraudster
• Insurer Must Defend Stucco Maker In Defect Suit: Judge
• DC Circ. Revives Insurer Suit Over JPMorgan's WaMu Deal
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• NJ High Court Expands Emotional Distress Coverage
• UnitedHealth Wins Access To GSK Litigation Info
• Ex-TransDimension CEO Accuses Insurer Of Fraud
• NY Assembly OKs Looser Corporate Insurance Rules
• Liberty Mutual Units Seek Quick Win In Four Loko Suit
• UnitedHealth To Pay $1M For Antitrust Pact Breach
• Modifying HIPAA Disclosure Accounting Provisions
• Fiserv Insurers Sued Over BofA Title Claims Coverage
• Aviva Sells UK Roadside Concern To Carlyle For $1.6B
• NJ High Court Lets Coregis Off Hook For Sewage Deal
• US Fire Wins Coverage Battle Over Fake Madoff Profits
• Judge Tosses Drywall Defense Coverage Suit
• Insurers Can Be Sued Directly Under ERISA: 9th Circ.
• Nautilus Wants Off Hook For Defense Of Faulty Sewer Suit
• Bankruptcy Jurisdiction — Beyond Section 1334
• Q&A With Farella Braun's Karen Kimmey
• Transgender Court Clerk Sues Ore. For Coverage Denial
• Insurer Loses Bid To Nix 'Expendables' Coverage Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives ConEd's Fight Over 7 WTC Collapse
• Anthem Blue Cross Settles Policy Closure Action
• Judge Rejects Settlement In AIG Billing Action
• Merrill Can't Bury Suit Over $100M Funeral Trust Losses
• 6 Insurers Cut From Coverage Suit Against National Fire
• Huron, Empire Renew Bid To Toss St. Vincent FCA Suit
• Insurers To Shell Out $65.5M For Lead Paint Claims
• Mets Owners Deny Shopping For Madoff Fraud Insurance
• NRG Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Forum Fight In Enviro Row
• Fallon Clinic Joins Atrius After Deal With Mass. AG
• Condo Group Wins $1.5M In Fees In Wilma Coverage Suit
• Cancer Patients Win $3M In Supplemental Coverage Suit
• Greenwich Off Hook In Law Firm's $8.5M Negligence Case
• Salt Co. Says Travelers Policy Covers Tainted Water
• Owner Of Ill. Weight Loss Clinics Charged With Fraud
• Sedgwick Adds Insurance Partner In San Francisco
• Talking 'Timely' Removal In Multidefendant Litigation
• No Cover For Insider Trading
• American Empire Sues Amerisure Over Asbestos Deal
• Liberty Can't Avoid $4M Coverage In Contract Row
• Zurich Seeks To Avoid Faulty Construction Suit Coverage
• NH Worker Fired For Not Rigging Bid, Suit Says
• Insurer Wants No Part In Anheuser-Busch Asbestos Suits
• Transatlantic Investor Sues To Block $3.2B Sale
• Evolving Environmental Risks From Wilder Weather
• Insurer Loses 8th Circ. Appeal In Auto Glass Case
• The Ultimate 'Shareholder'
• Texas Court Nixes Trans-Gulf Director's $2.8M Payout
• Inside Smith V. Bayer
• NH Senate Can't Make AG Join Health Reform Suit: Court
• Assured Must Honor CIFG Reinsurance Deal, Judge Rules
• Judge Overturns Sundown Win In Spill Coverage Fight
• Ex-Fidelis Owners Indicted For Fraud In Mo.
• Insurers Remove, Deny $7.7M Stucco Damage Claims
• High Court Greenlights W.Va. Class Bid In Baycol Fight
• Getting The Gist Of GIT
• Aon Risk Services Sues Ex-VP For Trade Secrets Theft
• 9th Circ. Reverses Remand Of Countrywide Coverage Suit
• Nautilus Tries To Duck Bill For Pastor Sex Abuse Scandal
• Texas House Passes Bill Limiting Damages Against TWIA
• Wells Fargo Witness Purposefully Clueless: Insurer
• Military Supplier Sues Insurer To Cover Tainted Meals
• Insurer Can Sue Fla. Atty Over $9M Hangar Deal: Judge
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Bill McSherry
• Q&A With Jones Day's Matt Kairis
• Bankrupt Ambac Names New GC, CEO Amid Departures
• Phoenix Targets Banks, Insurers Over Marketing IP
• GSK Shakes Humana Suit Over Avandia Injury Costs
• Pending Pipeline Safety Regs ...
• Allstate Suit Over Countrywide MBS Moved To Calif.
• AmeriHealth Settles Eating Disorder Coverage Suit
• Food Product Recalls — Is Your Company Covered?
• Colony Wins $22M Defense Verdict In Roof Damage Suit
• Turkish Airline Sues Boeing Over Rough Landing
• Mutual Fund Co. Battles Insurers For More Than $25M
• A Coverage Only Exception To Texas' 8 Corners Rule
• Banner, Insurers To Settle Drywall MDL For $55M
• Lloyd's Unit Amlin Exits Bid-Rigging MDL
• High Court Wants SG Say On Terrorism Insurance Case
• AXA Says Suit Over Stolen Art Was Already Tossed
• Ill. National Must Help Pay For Construction Row: Suit
• AXA Ruling In Retaliation Suit Was Premature: 2nd Circ.
• Davis Polk Reps Aetna In $290M Genworth Buy
• AIG Wins Dismissal Of $178M Insurance Collateral Suit
• How Insurance Can Help Businesses Rebuild
• ERISA Suit Against Cigna Units Wins Partial Class Cert.
• Deutsche Bank Insurer Sues To Share $5M Defense Costs
• First American Liable For $4.5M Sham WaMu Loan: Judge
• FDIC Seeks $4.6M D&O Coverage For Failed Ill. Bank
• Toy Co. Wins Transfer Of Defective Slide Coverage Row
• Jury Finds Texas Man Guilty Of $100M Insurance Fraud
• AIG Unit Can't Shake Investment Adviser Contract Suit
• Lloyd's Off Hook For Coal Pollution Coverage: 6th Circ.
• Judge Keeps Stay On State Suit In Chinese Drywall Fight
• ISOP Must Cover Manpower Property Losses, Judge Says
• E&Y Resigns As Life Partners' Auditor Amid SEC Probe
• Negotiated Rate Differential Meets Collateral Source Rule
• Coventry Sues To Take Down Parody Twitter Account
• UBS Settles Claims Over Insurance Trust's Investments
• Polyflow Can't Exclude Damages In La. Pipeline Suit
• LandAmerica Execs Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Judge OKs $39M Deal In Lloyd's Hurricane Damage Action
• Cancer Patients Triumph In Supplemental Coverage Action
• Hartford Wants Off Hook For Credit Card Info Actions
• Insurer Can't Shake $2.5M Payout In Sex Abuse Case
• Essentials For Success In Arbitration
• NY High Court Will Hear Equitas Antitrust Suit
• 11th Circ. Weighs Health Law's Individual Mandate
• American National To Pay $9M To End Class Action
• Ford Fails To Limit Potential Payout In $4M Fire Suit
• Q&A With Bose McKinney's Sam Laurin
• AXA Reaches $2.5M Settlement With Retired Employees
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Madoff Scheme Coverage Suit
• Liberty Fails To Exit Tainted Rice Coverage Suits
• Midas Intervenes In $20M Wells Fargo Life Insurance Row
• Pella Sues Liberty For Product Liability Coverage
• WellPoint Buys CareMore In Reported $800M Deal
• Credit Suisse Docs Key To Madoff Feeder Suit: Judge
• Solvent Schemes Come To America
• JPMorgan Unit Sued Over $404M Bear Stearns MBS Loss
• Blue Cross Michigan Can't Dodge DOJ Antitrust Suit
• Insurer Sues Ill. Over State Health Insurance Contracts
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's John Watkins
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Jack Thomas
• St. Paul Sues Broncos Over Workers' Comp Coverage
• Sewage Board, Insurer Settle Coverage Dispute
• Be Careful What You Wish For, You Just Might GIT It
• Merge Insurer Fights Coverage Of Entire 3M Fee Award
• Judge Won't Stay Ambac's $641M Suit Against JPMorgan
• Lloyd's Sues To Nix $17M Michael Jackson Policy
• Life Partners Could Face Expanded SEC Suit
• Insurer Owes $5M Coverage Over Failed Deal: Patriot
• Calif. Court Reverses Kaiser Asbestos Reinsurer Decision
• Hoover Oil Field Settles Suit Over Gas Line Rupture
• Beacon Hit With Class Suit Over Ignored Insurance Claims
• Blue Cross Tries To Dodge Price-Fixing Action In Mich.
• Blue Cross Underpaid Texas Claims By $11M: Suit
• Recent Bad-Faith Decisions In 5 Significant States
• Q&A With Akin Gump's David Zensky
• Judge Trims MRI Class Action Against State Farm
• US Specialty Seeks To Nix Coverage In Dental Co. Row
• $200M WellCare Health Settlement Isn't Fair: Investor
• Chicago Title Faces $12M Suit Over Bad Mortgages
• Calif. Assembly OKs Health Insurance Rate Regulation
• Hagemeyer Sues CNA Over Silica Claims Coverage
• Covered Or Not Covered — That Is The Question
• A Lower-Cost Alternative To Litigation
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Joseph Speelman
• AIG Unit Sued For $10M Over Halted Gas Deliveries
• Insurer Southern Farm Loses Bid To Arbitrate Investor Suit
• Debevoise Picks Up Davis Polk Insurance Expert
• Tribune Creditors Blitz Ex-Shareholders To Recover $2.5B
• Insurer On The Hook For Hospital Sex Abuse: Judge
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Elaine James
• Bank Drops Suit Over $18M Loan Fraud Coverage
• Travelers Sued For $36M Over NYC Subway Project
• FDIC Hits Travelers Unit With $11.7M Coverage Suit
• Industry Pressure Points May Shape Final ACO Rule
• Judge Trims Bond Insurer's MBS Suit Against Credit Suisse
• 6th Circ. Mulls US Authority In Health Care Act Appeal
• Ohio High Court Asked For Input In Fireman's Asbestos Suit
• Prudential, Investors Near Settlement In Securities Suit
• Constellation Settles Broker Suit On $130M Coal Risk
• Judge Frees Insurers From JPMorgan Ponzi Suit
• Insurance Coverage For Storm Devastation
• Swiss Re Seeks To Nix 9/11 Aviation Coverage Dispute