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Insurance - September, 2011

193 articles

• Va. AG Takes Health Law Mandate Challenge To High Court
• Judge Sanctions Metal Co., Dumps $38M Coverage Claim
• Chubb Must Cover Grange For Fraud Actions
• Ex-MBC Execs Can't Dodge Concealment Charges
• Most Of Northrop's Katrina Insurance Claims Scrapped
• Silgan Takes Pull Tab Coverage Suit To Supreme Court
• Hartford Sues To Duck Oil Supplier's PCB Cleanup Bill
• Former Idaho Insurance Investigators Sue Over Firings
• Dissecting Del.'s Stance On STOLI
• Billionaire Inventor's IP Suit Against Geico Trimmed
• Arch Tries To Duck Coverage For Diacetyl Injury Suits
• Travelers, Comerica Settle Dunmore Tax Fight For $13M
• Insurers Say Union Oil Can't Sue For Cleanup Coverage
• Insurer Aims To Avoid Defense Of Coral Employee Fraud
• CORRECTED: Insurer, Contractors Drop Chinese Drywall Coverage Suit
• Jones Day Reps Nationwide In $760M Harleysville Buy
• Anthem Blue Cross Billing Policy Broke Contracts: Suit
• Insurers Say Thompson Hine Dropped Them To Sue Them
• Judge Won't Toss $34M CareCore Antitrust Verdict
• $33M Ambac Securities Action Settlement Gets Final OK
• Edward Jones Dropped From Insurance Co.'s MBS Suit
• FBI Raid Of Imperial Sparks Shareholder Probes
• 6th Defendant Sentenced For A&O Fraud Gets 60 Years
• DC Metro Sues Lexington For $13M Over 2009 Collision
• Corporate Political Spending Post-Citizens United
• Lowenstein Brings In New Chair For Insurance Group
• DOJ, States Ask Supreme Court To Hear Health Law Fight
• Bond Insurer Wins Dismissal Of Subprime Exposure Action
• Whistleblower Claims: Are You Covered?
• InTrust Tells 7th Circ. $68M Fraud Suit Not Time-Barred
• MBIA Can't Claim Admin Expenses In IndyMac Suit: FDIC
• Hogan Lovells Advises Cigna On £71M FirstAssist Deal
• MGA Insurers Can't Jump Into Bratz IP Fight: Judge
• Insurer Rocks Gibson Again With NY Coverage Suit
• Chartis, Homebuilder End Chinese Drywall Coverage Row
• HoneyBaked, Insurer Settle Tainted Meat Coverage Suit
• NICO Exits Montello's Asbestos Claims Coverage Suit
• Insurer Sues Kornegay Over Hepatitis B Claims Coverage
• Senate Approves Additional $2.65B For FEMA In FY 2012
• DOJ Doesn't Want 11th Circ. To Rehear Health Care Case
• Safeco Can't Nix LA's Claims In $30M Water Main Suit
• Pipeline Co., Insurer Sue Navy Over Fla. Fuel Spill
• Fraudster Seeks To Bar Post-A&O Work From Sentencing
• Evergreen, Ace Settle D&O Row Over Execs' Shares Suit
• Insurers Can Contest 'Wager' Life Policies: Del. Court
• Esurance Action Belongs In Federal Court: 7th Circ.
• Valve Co. Sues Travelers For Asbestos Claims Coverage
• Construction Co. Seeks Coverage In Shoddy Jail Work Suit
• Rose Acre Tells 7th Circ. Policies Cover Antitrust MDL
• Case Study: Fresh Express V. Beazley Syndicate
• Policyholders Knew Annuity's Terms From Start: Insurer
• BofA Accused Of Hiding $10B AIG Liability From Investors
• NY Life Says Breach Suit Over Policy Payment Flawed
• Judge Guts Cigna Health Payment Fraud Class Suit
• Client Poaching Suit Against Nationwide, Ex-Agent Pared
• Willis Group Accuses Ex-VP Of Taking Clients To Rival
• LaGen's Pollution Coverage Suit Will Stay in La.: Judge
• UPMC Denies Insurer's False Ad Campaign Claims
• When A Policyholder Refuses Examination Under Oath ...
• Insurers Escape Coverage For $8M Fax Spam Settlement
• Barbican Makes Competing Offer For Omega
• Judge OKs $9M LandAmerica Settlement With E&O Insurer
• Amerisure Drops Suit Over Apartment Defect Coverage
• Swiss Re Units Deny Atty Conflict In Coverage Row
• Hanover Fights Coverage Of Labor Co. In Silica Suits
• Cracker Barrel Denied Coverage Of EEOC Suit Costs
• Office Depot Says Travelers Must Cover Patent Suits
• Akin Gump Can Stay On AIG Case For Now: NY Judge
• Lloyd's Withdraws $215M Saudi Arabia 9/11 Action
• Zurich Shakes Bad Faith Claim Over Asbestos Settlement
• Wells Fargo Exec Dismissed From Insurer's MBS Suit
• Travelers Can't Dodge Ex-Reebok CEO's $25M Theft Suit
• No New Trial For Insurer In Museum Crash Malpractice Suit
• Developments In ZIP Code Litigation Against Retailers
• Liberty Title Exec Gets 20 Months For Embezzlement
• ARCO, B&W Land $80M Verdict In Nuke Plant Coverage Suit
• Erie Owes Imperial Defense Over Emissions: Ill. Court
• Perkins Coie Adds 2 More Partners To Insurance Group
• Thompson Coburn Adds Shipman & Goodwin Trade Atty
• No New Appeal For Insurer In Junk Fax Defense Cost Row
• Judge Trims Wells Fargo, QBE Policy Kickbacks Action
• Protecting Atty-Client Privilege In 1st-Party Insurance
• Stephen Baldwin Gets Coverage Suit Halted In Venture Row
• Hartford Wins Bid To Toss Securities Class Action
• Federal Off Hook For Goodyear Securities Claims Coverage
• Investment Co. Seeks Quick Win In $3M Coverage Fight
• Insurer Off Hook In Trailer Bridge Antitrust MDL: 11th Circ.
• FHFA Head Sees Higher Fannie, Freddie Fees Looming
• National Indemnity Renews $3.2B Bid For Transatlantic
• Case Study: Fireman's Fund Insurance V. Front Gate Plaza
• 4 Ex-National Execs Booted From Great American Policy
• Fiserv, TD Settle Coverage Suit Over Madoff Losses
• Olin, OneBeacon Resolve Cleanup Coverage Fight
• Insurer Off Hook In AES Global Warming Coverage Row
• First American Settles Suit Over Real Estate Loan
• Akin Gump Fights Disqualification Bid In $350M AIG Suit
• Insurer Must Cover Defamation In Ad Injury Suit: Judge
• How They Won It: Hogan Lovells Rescues Gen Re Exec
• Transatlantic Calls Off Allied Deal, Replaces CEO
• Case Study: Seabright Insurance V. US Airways
• AIG Unit Ducks Coverage For U-Haul Trailer Collisions
• Judge Guts Jilted Allstate Agent's $15M Contract Suit
• GIT Asks Supreme Court To Weigh Ch. 11 Challenge
• Bank Wants Chubb Unit To Cover Koss Embezzlement Suit
• Insurer Beats Supervalu's Bid For Antitrust Defense Costs
• Class Dismissed — Pipefitters Steamed
• Omnium Seeks Repayment Of $60M In Oil Rig Coverage
• Conseco Takes $1.9M Atty Fee Award Up With 9th Circ.
• Princeton, Converium End Workers' Comp Coverage Suit
• SAC Capital, Founder Dropped From $8B Fairfax Suit
• Senate Panel Urged To Boost Insurer Transparency
• 3 Months After Wal-Mart V. Dukes
• Validus Targets Transatlantic Board In $3.2B Hostile Bid
• Investors Seek To Keep E&Y, KPMG In Madoff Suit
• Judge Won't Let Insurers Off Hook For Drywall Claims
• DOMA Doesn't Alter Cozen Atty Benefits Fight: Partner
• Mitsui Dodges Duke Hospital Contamination Suit Coverage
• Federal Surplus Lines Reform On The Rocks
• Another Judge Finds Health Law Mandate Unconstitutional
• Foley Adds Insurance Litigator From Ropes & Gray
• FDIC Atty Heads To NCUA As Deputy General Counsel
• Fla. Drywall Plaintiffs Can Sue Individually: Judge
• Smith Gambrell Adds 6 Attys, Opens Conn. Office
• Insurance Broker Can't Dodge Tom Hanks' Fraud Suit
• Liberty Mutual Settles With Atty Accused Of Blackmail
• When Criminal Defense Fees Come From Insurers ...
• Calif. Court Tosses $12M Award In Spinach Coverage Row
• Federal Insurance Not Liable For $25M SafeNet Settlement
• Insurer, United One Accused Of Secretly Recording Calls
• US Fidelis Creditors Rip $57M Mepco Claim
• Evanston Avoids Coverage For Chinese Drywall MDL
• Del. Diocese Insurers Must Honor $15M Settlement: Judge
• Lloyd's Unit Seeks $215M From Saudis For 9/11 Payouts
• Ex-Lehman Execs Tangle Over $90M In Insurance Funds
• 11th Circ. Revives Fla. Hurricane Coverage Suit
• How To Buy Health Coverage In An Insurance Exchange
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In Home Warranties Fight
• Federal Prosecutor Joins Katten Muchin In Chicago
• Pa. Law Should Apply To NJ-Issued Amica Policy: 3rd Circ.
• Ambac Investors Ask Judge To Toss $33M Settlement
• Ace Acquires Penn Millers In $107M Deal
• Insurer Ousts Atty From Swiss Re Defense Coverage Suit
• Judge Tosses Art Swindle Insurance Suit
• Gibson Gets Insurer's Flood Damage Suit Plucked
• La. Contests Hold On Medicaid Reforms Worth $2.2B
• AvMed Exits Class Suit Alleging Provigil Conspiracy
• Allstate, Others Want RSUI To Cover Katrina Action Costs
• 4th Circ. Nixes Challenges To Health Care Law
• IndyMac Suit Against D&O Insurers, Directors Tossed
• ZIP'ing It Up: Insurance For Privacy Violations Claims
• Merge Healthcare Exits Coverage Fight Over $3M Award
• Hospital's Insurance Dispute Not Local: 5th Circ.
• Insurance Pricing Suit Belongs In State Court: 5th Circ.
• Mont. Fails To Upend $545M Farmers Settlement
• Stonewall To Pay $21.5M To End Asbestos Coverage Suit
• MKD, Insurer Settle Builder's Suit Over Shoddy Apartments
• Travelers Ordered To Cover Lighting Co.'s IP Fights
• 8th Circ. Backs Mass Mutual In ERC Reinsurance Fight
• Insurers Balk At Madoff Trustee's $1B Tremont Fund Deal
• Dewey Hires Zurich GC For DC Insurance Team
• NY Insurance Laws Under National Influence
• Liberty Mutual To Pay Century $5.2M For Toxic Cleanup
• ISOP Dodges Business Interruption Costs For Manpower
• Judge Greenlights $105M WaMu Truce With Investors
• MBIA Settles Investor Action Over RMBS Losses For $68M
• Nationwide Seeks To Nix Class Claims In OT Suit
• AIG Latest To Seek More Info On BofA's $8.5B MBS Deal
• Ambac Looks To Clear $33M Deal By Nixing Investor Claims
• Same-Sex Partners Entitled To Ariz. Benefits: 9th Circ.
• Wells Fargo Hit With Flood Insurance Class Action
• What Practitioners Must Know About Flood Exclusion
• Mayer Brown Adds Debevoise Insurance Dealmaker
• Blue Cross Sues Wells Fargo Over Securities Lending
• Health Co. Seeks To Decertify Injured Wal-Mart Workers
• Underwriter Can't Shake Axiom Lanham Act Suit
• Ind. Lawmaker Wants $5M Cap Raised For Fair Victims
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze On Accused Insurance Fraudster
• Dyncorp Must Cover Employee Shot In Kosovo: 2nd Circ.
• Imperial, XL Resolve Refinery Explosion Coverage Row
• Zurich Wants Help Covering $3M Roof Collapse Award
• O'Melveny, Debevoise Rep AIG In Aircraft Unit IPO
• Ambac Settles NYC's $117M Tax Claim For $3.2M
• Limits Of Liability In Excess Liability Programs
• Broker Settles Arch Coverage Fight Over $485M Fraud
• MassMutual Sues BofA, Others Over $500M MBS Deals
• NY Tells Insurers To Cover Irene Flood Damage
• Insurers Must Back Tyson In Chicken Litter Suits: Judge
• Madoff Trustee Sues Barclays, Others For $218M
• Federal Insurance, Contractor Settle Suit Over $21M Bond
• Wash. High Court Says AG Can Fight Health Care Reform
• Citizens Off Hook For Uncommon IP Coverage: Judge
• TN Metro Sues Commonwealth For $100M Hail Coverage
• Prescriptions For Health Insurance Exchange