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Insurance - November, 2011

158 articles

• Insurer Wants Off Hook For Faulty Water System Claims
• Tesoro Turns Tables In Chartis Cleanup Coverage Row
• National Union Off Hook For Faulty Parts Claims: 5th Circ.
• FGIC Says Ally Lied To Get Coverage For $4B MBS Sales
• Utica Wants Reinsurer Barred From Spilling Secrets
• When Insurers Can Object To Asbestos Trusts ...
• Retailer's Insurers Try To Duck Coverage In Adobe IP Row
• Creating An E-Discovery Process For Google Apps
• Class Cert. Premature In Insurer Antitrust Suit: Judge
• Golden Eagle Flies To Victory In Injury Defense Row
• 6th Circ. Dashes RPM's Hopes For $125M In Asbestos Cash
• 8th Circ. Backs Insurers' Win Over $27M In Flood Claims
• Prudential Dodges Improper Investment Class Action
• The Changing Scope Of Expert Witness Disclosures
• Why Tech Companies Buy E&O Insurance
• Homebuyer Must Prove Harm, Insurer Tells High Court
• Barr's $2M Damage Claims Nixed In Benzene Coverage Row
• Travelers, US End $5.8M Fight Over Hangar Contract
• Validus Drops Transatlantic Hostile Takeover Bid
• Health Systems, Insurer Sent To Mediation In Antitrust Row
• Supreme Court Shuts Door On State Farm Medical Info Suit
• Arch Can't Wash Away Hurricane Wilma Coverage Suit
• STOLI On The Rocks With A Twist
• CMC Ponzi Suits Sent To Trial After Decade Of Litigation
• Insurer Owes Transporter $6M In Spill Coverage: 7th Circ.
• State Insurance Heads Want Changes To Loss Ratio Rule
• Travelers Ordered To Defend Alfa Laval In Asbestos Suit
• PMI Group Seeks Ch. 11 After Regulator Takeover
• Insurers Can't Jump Out Of $20M Damaged Plane Suit
• IndyMac Execs Say FDIC Lost Crucial Docs In Seizure
• Case Study: Federal Insurance Co. V. SafeNet
• Transatlantic Botched $3.4B Sale To Alleghany: Suit
• Cincinnati Exits Coverage Suit Over Shoddy Homes
• Chubb Foes Stymied Again In Class Cert. Roller Coaster
• West American Ducks Claims In Allstate's Settlement Suit
• NIPSCO, Insurers Bury Coal Pollution Coverage Suits
• Aflac Strikes Deal In Action Over Child Premiums
• Learning From Office Depot V. National Union
• Calif. High Court Advises 9th Circ. On Implied Contracts
• State Farm Sued Over In-House Counsel For Policyholders
• Ill. Village Wants Out Of Zurich's Wiretap Coverage Suit
• MetroPlus Faces New OT Action From Marketing Reps
• Navigators Allowed To Choose Firm's Malpractice Counsel
• Ex-AIG CEO Launches $25B Suits Over Gov't Takeover
• Alleghany Wins Fight For Transatlantic With $3.4B Offer
• CVC Capital, Phoenix Group Confirm Buyout Talks
• Auditor Cops To Role In $670M Life Settlement Fraud
• Choose Your Friends Carefully, Or At Least Insure Them
• Kuwait Investment Office Latest To Sue AIG Over MBS, CDS
• Zurich Coverage Claims Shouldn't Be Split, 4th Circ. Told
• Supreme Court Picks 2 Attys For Health Care Fight
• Transatlantic Sues Validus Over Bid To Oust Board
• No Stay In FEMA, WildEarth Flood Insurance Suit: Judge
• Wells Fargo Off Hook For Ariz. Town's Bond Losses
• Kan. Judge Hands Insurance Row Reins To Mo. State Court
• Defining 'Essential Health Benefits' For 2014
• Cinema Co.'s Insurers Settle Suit Over $58M Fax Ads Award
• Insurers, Inspection Co. End Oil Tank Blast Coverage Row
• Progressive Can't Shake Bank's Ponzi Settlement Claims
• FDIC's $129M Suit Over WaMu Losses Trimmed
• Marsh & McLennan Expands With Seitlin Insurance Buy
• Trust Avoids Injunction In $350M Life Insurance Row
• Allstate Lowballed Wildfire Damage Claims: Suit
• The Choice-Of-Law Conundrum
• NY High Court Upholds Lump Sum Workers' Comp Law
• Pump Makers Find No Quick End To Asbestos Coverage Suit
• State Farm, Others Escape Antitrust Class Action
• Cigna Offers 15M Shares To Fund $4B HealthSpring Buy
• JC Flowers Defends Role In Failed $104M Insurer Buyout
• Antitrust And Advertising Injury: Hurdles For Defendants
• Ill. Appeals Court Kills Captive Insurer's AIG Contract Fight
• Insurers Urge House Panel To Ease Dodd-Frank Regulation
• Insurer's Suit Nixed After Four Loko Makers Pull Claims
• Insurers Ask 1st Circ. To Strip Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Hartford Can Intervene In Privacy Case Over Drivers' Info
• BP Can't Use Transocean Insurance For Disaster: Judge
• Insurer Sues Pol, Attys Over $2M Loss In Mortgage Fraud
• Blue Cross Sued Over 'Bait And Switch' Deductible Hikes
• Hot Tub Co.'s Policy Doesn't Cover Spam Faxes: Insurer
• Understanding D&O Policy Allocation
• Insurer Sues Ill. Law Firm Over $2M Deal In Fraud Suit
• RBS Latest To Exit $5B MBIA Restructuring Suit
• Pruco Prevails Over Wells Fargo In Insurance Fraud Suit
• Clawing Back Overpayments From Health Care Providers
• Health Subcontractor Seeks Coverage For $78M Settlement
• Locke Lord Secures 3rd SNR Denton Insurance Pro
• Supreme Court Takes Up Health Care Reform
• Lehman Asks To Settle $7.7B In MBS Suits For $40M
• Texas Firm Wants Gordon & Rees Out Of Insurance Suit
• Calif. Court Affirms AIG, PwC Win Over Annuity Losses
• Lexington Takes Broker's Insurance Battle To Federal Court
• Horvitz & Levy Adds Robie & Matthai Appellate Atty
• Reckoning With A New Force: FIO
• Convicted A&O Fraudster Told To Repay Investors $102M
• Insurer Sues BofA Over $94M MBS Investment
• GE Asks 9th Circ. To Nix Arbitration Over Generator Repair
• Death Benefit Investor Says Broker Overcharged
• Sodexo, Insurer End $2.2M Settlement Coverage Row
• Back To The Future With Medicare Bundled Payments
• Cuomo Tells 11 Insurers To Refund $114.5M To Customers
• BofA Forced Excessive Policies On Homeowners: Suit
• Universal Wants AIG Unit To Cover $15M Chet Baker Deal
• Pentair, Insurer Settle Over Interest On $30M Judgment
• Nautilus Ends Coverage Row With Faulty Sewer Contractor
• Ohio Voters Allow Health Care Reform Opt-Outs
• JPMorgan Sold Insurance Without Customer Consent: Suit
• Sens. Probe Cigna, Quest, Others Over Lab Kickbacks
• 5th Circ. Revives State Claims In Health Provider Suit
• DOJ Settles Antitrust Suit Over $26M Blue Cross Deal
• No Evidence Of Fraud In Insurers' Contract Row: 5th Circ.
• Timken Wants Travelers Unit To Cover $5M In Ponzi Losses
• Smith Moore Nabs 5 Ex-Shapiro Fussell Attys In Atlanta
• DC Circ. Backs Health Care Law's Individual Mandate
• Chartis Tries To Shake Tesoro's $30M Cleanup Claims
• Tackling Pollution Exclusions To Chinese Drywall Claims
• 9th Circ. To Rehear Genocide Insurance Case En Banc
• Quest, Debt Collectors Duck RICO Claims In Billing Suit
• Insurer, Broker Settle Dispute Over $400M Ponzi Scheme
• Macerich Leverages SoCal Mall To Raise $200M
• Fired Broker's Case Against AXA Survives
• Edwards Wildman Adds Insurance, IP Partners In London
• Insurers' Asbestos Claim Challenge Won't Hit High Court
• No Loss? No Gain On Claims
• High Court Rebuffs $60M Fraudster's Post-Skilling Appeal
• Cigna Beats RICO Claims In Hospital's $30M Payment Suit
• Insurers Off Hook In Qwest Employee Dishonesty Suit
• Shaw, Solar Co. Settle $107M Suit Over Faulty Pipes
• Chartis Ordered To Cover Debris Hauler In Pollution Suit
• Locke Lord Adds 2 Insurance Attys From SNR Denton
• Investors Sue Viatical Broker Over Poor Predictions
• Don't Accept 'No' On Legit CBI Insurance Claims
• Sonoco, Insurers Seek $15M From Toshiba For Plant Fire
• 8th Circ. Grants New Trial In $4M Ethanol Insurance Row
• NY Court Keeps $25M MetLife Tax Break Action Alive
• Hartford Seeks To Avoid Indemnity In $20M Fuel Gel Suit
• Zurich Owes Federal $1.5M In Coverage Suit Fees: 2nd Circ.
• Validus Plans Board Battle To Close Transatlantic Deal
• Insurer Off Hook For Trade Show Co.'s IP Suit: 2nd Circ.
• US Bank Forced Excessive Policies On Homeowners: Suit
• Case Study: DISH Network V. Arch Specialty Insurance
• The Vanishing Civil Trial Lawyer
• AXA Drops Legal Malpractice Suit Against Duane Morris
• Former FDA Chief Counsel Joins Venable As Partner
• Seagate Seeks Coverage For Exec's €3M Theft
• Allstate Off Hook For Share Of $35M Bond Losses
• Century On Hook For Caterpillar Asbestos Defense
• US Fights Deutsche Bid To Toss Mortgage Fraud Suit
• 1st Circ. Won't Rethink Insurer Liability In Faulty RV Suit
• ACO Final Rule: The Opportunity Cost
• First American Must Back Lender Over Failed $100M Project
• Insurers Ordered To Cover CERCLA Admin Proceedings
• Alterra Combines Irish Insurance, Reinsurance Cos.
• 7th Circ. Quashes Rose Acre's Antitrust MDL Coverage Suit
• Trust Didn't Pay Premiums Under $350M Pact, Suit Says
• Feds Sue Allied Home Mortgage Over Alleged Fraud
• BofA's Bid To Consolidate Bond Insurers' Claims Denied
• Steadfast Dodges Claims In Benzene Coverage Row
• Global Warming Not Covered By Your Insurance