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Insurance - August, 2011

213 articles

• Insurer Tries To Shake $20M Fremont Coverage Suit
• CIT Orders Insurer To Pay $6M In Crawfish Import Bonds
• No Class Cert. For Homeowners In First American Suit
• US Fire Seeks Review Of Museum Oil Cleanup Order
• Tips For Recovering Business Loss Claims Post-Irene
• ACA Adaptation: Benefits And Coverage Summaries
• Returning Courts To Their Owners
• Judge Removes Builder's Coverage Suit To Pa.
• BofA Can't Move Insurer's $619M MBS Suit Out Of Ohio
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Michael Steindorf
• Shipyard Gets $7M Coverage Row Sent To Guam
• Countrywide, First American, KB Escape Kickback Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives $3M Oil Spill Coverage Feud
• Former AIG Exec Seeks $1M Sanction Over Delay Tactics
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear $5M Fire Coverage Row En Banc
• RSUI Drops Appeal In Copyright Suit Coverage Dispute
• Chapman & Cutler Snags Akerman Public Finance Pro
• Notable Case Developments In Food Insurance Law
• Wellington Dodges Liability For Oil Platform Repair Cost
• IndyMac Can't Seek Coverage Under D&O Policies: Judge
• MGA's Insurers Seek Slice Of $108M Bratz Fees
• Investors Seek Remand Of Morgan Stanley Securities Suit
• 2011 Attorney Marketing: Where Do You Stand?
• Insurers Brace For Claims Post-Irene
• US, State Pre-Existing Condition Plans See Low Enrollment
• Insurer Not Liable For Stricken Coverage: Texas Court
• Mutual Benefits Atty Gets 5 Years For $837M Ponzi Plot
• Insurer Wants $650M JPMorgan Suit Moved To State Court
• Nonprofits Escape Calif. Junk Insurance Claims
• AIG Faces Discovery Sanctions In Workers' Comp Suit
• Chartis Seeks To Drag Air Force Into Base Cleanup Suit
• Aftershock — Coverage Issues Post East Coast Quake
• Too Early To Mediate? Think Again
• NY Court Backs Injunction In Midland Reinsurance Row
• Insurer Says BofA Customers' Fraud Claims Fall Short
• Ex-Lehman Execs Seek Coverage Of $90M Settlement
• Insurer Off Hook For Ind. Town's Enviro Suit Defense
• Taber Estes Lures Insurance Pro From CNA Financial
• Federal Settles With AISLIC In Factory Cleanup Suit
• Insurer Wants Tudor To Cover Trek's Fight With LeMond
• Insurers Balk At Coverage For $26M Ciena Settlement
• Balancing The Health Care Reform Debate
• Clarifying India's Privacy Clarifications
• MetLife Overcharges For Life Insurance Policies: Suit
• Transatlantic's Top Stockholder Blasts $3B Allied Merger
• Ex-LandAmerica Workers Drop Suit Over Plan Management
• US Fire Could Owe Museum $1.5M In Oil Cleanup Row
• AIG Sought To Protect Bonuses In Pay Czar Meeting: Doc
• WexTrust Receiver's Much Shelist Deal Nixed
• Imperial Sugar Seeks $50M To Defend Refinery Blast Suits
• US Sues To Freeze Assets In Weight Loss Clinic Fraud Case
• Grappling With Horizontal Exhaustion And Stacking
• Hartford Off Hook In Coverage Row Over Actress' IP Suit
• USI Seeks High Court Ruling On Copyright Claim Accrual
• Convicted A&O Fraudster Should Repay $102M: Feds
• NY Docs Billed $23M In No-Fault Insurance Fraud: Geico
• The Product Malfunction Theory Lives On
• Indemnity Claims Rival Spreads Lies To Steal Clients
• No Defense For Imperial Under $25M Policy: AGLIC
• OneBeacon Sues Texas Law Firm Over EchoStar Sanctions
• Calif. Senate Passes Genetic Anti-Bias Bill
• Class Cert. Denied In State Farm Underinsured Suit
• GSC Employee Wants D&O Policy To Cover SEC Defense
• 10 States, DC Defend Health Care Law In 8th Circ.
• Judge Slashes Claims Over Pacific Life Policies
• Sony's Sobering Cybersecurity Situation
• Ex-Marsh Exec Hits Spitzer, Slate With $60M Libel Suit
• Kmart, Sears Sue Corps, Insurer For Katrina Damage
• Anco, First State Settle Asbestos Coverage Suit
• The Forgotten Calif. Statute That Overrules Henkel
• 9th Circ. Backs Reduction Of Damages Against Allstate
• SunTrust Wins $40M For Defaulted Loan Coverage
• Atty Booted From Travelers, Contractor Payment Bond Suit
• Blackstone, Goldman Escape Junk Insurance Case
• Insurers Must Cover ITW Enviro Suit Costs: Ill. Court
• Damages Only — No 'Full Billed Charges' Allowed
• GMAC Kickback Suit Put On Hold For High Court Ruling
• St. Paul Off Hook In Strategix Contract Row
• HP, Hartford Snuff $3.4M Suit Over Printer Fire
• Judge OKs Class Cert. In First American Fee Suit
• Lumbermens, Firm Settle Asbestos Suit Coverage Feud
• Providence Not Liable In Superfund Damage Fight
• Arbitrator To Weigh Rescission Of Countrywide Insurance
• Personal Injury Plaintiffs Can't Recoup Fee Discounts: Court
• MBIA, Dutch Bank Drop Suit Over $1B CDO Deal
• AIG Says Securities Class Is Too Big To Certify
• Liberty Mutual Doesn't Owe Defense Costs: 8th Circ.
• State Farm Off The Hook In Asbestos Coverage Dispute
• 2nd Circ. Rejects NYC Bid To Undo Insurance Merger
• Enron Creditors, Lay's Widow Fight Insurer Over Fees
• IndyMac Insurers Fight Coverage For $355M Theft
• Providence Off The Hook For Superfund Defense Costs
• Lights, Camera, Trial: Directing Your Trial Team
• Pepsi Excess Insurers Beat Contamination Claims
• 9th Circ. Ups Farm Worker Class Action Damages To $2M
• HHS Unveils Standardized Health Insurance Forms
• Insurers Correctly Defined Cancer Coverage: Judge
• CIFG Sues Goldman Over $275M In Bad Mortgages
• 5th Circ. Nixes Life Partners' Suit Over SBA Record Keeping
• Insurer, Sandi Spar Over DynCorp Iraqi Workers' Comp
• Gateway Wins D&O Coverage Fight With Travelers
• 10th Circ. Sides With FDIC Over Insurance Payouts
• Judge Won't Certify Class In Chicago Title Fee Fight
• Best Buy Dodges Warranty Suit After Damages Vanish
• Great American Off Hook For Fla. Oil Cleanup
• JPMorgan Indemnity Claims Against Ala. County Survive
• First American Beats Shareholders' Derivative Suit
• Construction Co. Blasts Workers' Tolling Bid In OT Suit
• Axiom Calls Rival's Latest Undercutting Claims Bogus
• Using 'Home State' To Reduce Surplus Lines Taxes
• Allstate Sues Goldman Over Sale Of $123M In Junk MBS
• ReliaStar Faces Class Action Over Loan Interest Policy
• Wal-Mart Pays $2M To Settle Suit Over COLI Policies
• PNY Sues For Coverage Of Forex Claims Against Ex-CFO
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear Allianz's Annuity Claims Argument
• AIG Motives 'Suspect' In $10.5B BofA Deal: Investors
• GMAC Required Excess Flood Insurance For Condos: Suit
• Ex-NY Life VP Sues Over Bonus, Severance
• Class Certified In Cigna Autism Treatment Suit
• Ambac: An Investor's Lifeline
• Edwards Angell To Merge With Wildman Harrold
• Life Partners Investor Fails To Usurp Lead Plaintiff
• Anti-Health Care Reform Measure To Be On Ohio Ballot
• MetLife Shells Out $2M To End Underwriters' OT Suit
• American Home Settles Chinese Drywall Indemnity Row
• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Health Care Law Suit
• Health Law's Mandate Unconstitutional: 11th Circ.
• 6th Circ. Nixes Class Cert. In Blue Cross ERISA Suit
• Life Insurers Beat Tax Shelter Class Action
• Funding Regional Insurance Programs
• Progressive Challenges Ponzi Bank's Settlement Claims
• Cigna Must Pay For Construction Co.'s Lead Fumes Defense
• Insurer Can Fight Ruling On Crawfish Duties: Fed. Circ.
• Guarantee Trust Hit With Suit Over Soured Marketing Deal
• Validus Fights Secrecy Terms In $3.2B Transatlantic Bid
• Insurance Overpayment Suit Belongs In State Court: Judge
• Judge Trims Coverage Suit Over Lubrizol Cleanup Costs
• Title Insurer Sues Great American Over Fraud Claims
• Marsh & McLennan Settles Analysts' OT Suit
• An Employee Benefits View Of Same-Sex Marriage In NY
• 5th Circ. Affirms Ruling On Oil Spill Defense Costs
• 8th Circ. Allows Interrogatories In AMCO Coverage Suit
• 7th Circ. Nixes CUNA Sick Leave Action
• Ambac Gets More Time To Negotiate With Tax Creditors
• 9th Circ. Clarifies Default Judgment Set-Aside Standard
• The Skinny On Texas Senate Bill 7
• No Arbitration For Insurance Refund Suit: 11th Circ.
• Mortgage Insurer's Doc Requests Too Broad: Judge
• Insurers Sue Shaw Over $107M Dispute With Solar Co.
• Interstate Seeks $5M Coverage Refund From Insurers
• Insurers' Rescission Claim Survives In Heparin Suit
• Goldman Faces Mortgage Suit Threats From AIG, Others
• Ex-Stroock Partner Sues Over Retirement Benefits
• Zurich Aims To Duck Coverage In 4 Contract Suits
• Dissecting 2nd Circ.'s MBIA Ruling
• Trust Seeks High Court Revival Of Reliance ERISA Suit
• Tew Cardenas, Ex-Atty Turn Back Malpractice Suit
• Insurers Shake Some Claims In $5M Chinese Drywall Suit
• 5th Circ. Denies Citi Coverage Of $263M Settlement
• AIG Sues BofA For $10B Over RMBS
• 2011 — The Year Of The Breach
• Prudential To Pay $16.5M To Settle Shareholder Suit
• Travelers Units Should Help Cover $6M Condo Deal: Suit
• Cargill Sues Beef Packing Co. Over E-Coli Outbreak
• Wiseman Oil Seeks Coverage From TIG In CERCLA Suit
• Aon Hits Ex-Workers With Trade Secrets Suit
• Newmont, Travelers Settle Mine Cleanup Coverage Suit
• Ill. Agency Can't Nix Health Plan Contract Freeze
• Insurers Seek To Douse Calif. Wildfire Coverage Suit
• Applying Pro Rata Allocation To Defense Costs
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Revive Import Surety Bond Suit
• Insurer Settles Wells Fargo Suit Over $8M In Loans
• FDIC Endorses Washington Mutual's Ch. 11 Plan
• Retaliation Claim Subject To 4-Year Limit: 9th Circ.
• Insurer Takes KB Home Coverage Row To Federal Court
• Parents Fight Lesbian Partner For Cozen Atty's Benefits
• UBS Units Hit Ace With $10M Suit Over Investigation Costs
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Josh Lichtman
• 3rd Circ. Revives Insurer's Plane Crash Coverage Suit
• Applying Morrison To Foreign-Cubed Claims By The SEC
• Allied Shareholder Tries To Halt $175M Saga Deal
• Real Estate Co. Tells 9th Circ. Allstate Should Pay $3M
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Insurer's Suit Over $12M Navy Contract
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Doctors' Challenge To Health Care Law
• Dozens Of Health Insurers Sued Over Settlement Liens
• BofA, Others' Payback Claims Survive In $50M Cop Fraud
• Lions Gate Seeks $8M Coverage In Icahn Suit
• Q&A With Orrick's Steve Foresta
• Debevoise Reps AIG Unit In $228M AeroTurbine Buy
• Lloyd's Underwriter Can't Toss Beef Recall Coverage Suit
• Detecting Waste And Abuse In Health Care Spending
• Progressive Patent Suit Part Settled, Part Stayed
• IMG Seeks Westchester Coverage Of Real Estate Suit
• Ex-Insurance Broker Must Pay $25M For Fraud Cover-Up
• Radian Seeks To Nix Quicken Loan Insurance Claims
• Food Co. Ends Insurance Fight Over Pom False Ad Suit
• Ore. Asks To Enter Coverage Row Over Superfund Cleanup
• Insurer Sued Over Colonial Bank Losses In $3B Fraud
• Mortgage Co. Sued Over Referral Payments From Insurer
• US Says States Should Have Final Say On Insurance Rates
• Endurance Must Cover NovaStar Lending Suit: Judge
• Appraisal Co. Slams FDIC Suit Over WMI Losses
• Chubb Escapes $2.3M Barn Fire Coverage Action
• Employment Litigation And Insurance Coverage
• Hospital Wants More In $3.5M Sex Abuse Coverage Suit
• Liberty Mutual Escapes NY Asbestos Coverage Suit
• Manatt Insurance Group Snags Gilbert Founding Partner
• Insurers Can't Collect Coverage For Home Defect Suits
• Investor Wants Fair Share Of $1.4B Portfolio For Fund
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Convictions Of Gen Re, AIG Execs
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' John Wander
• Can A Tenant Recover For Losses To Leased Property?
• Insurers Must Cover Birth Control At No Cost: HHS