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Insurance - December, 2011

137 articles

• Delphi CEO Skimmed $55M From Shareholders: Suit
• Bathroom Camera Counts As Privacy Invasion: Iowa Court
• Aon Wins Solicitation Ban Against Ex-Exec, Alliant
• Importer Must Repay Insurer For Peanut Duties: 5th Circ.
• An Overview Of Key Changes To Amended NAIC Models
• Ropes Aids Genstar To Purchase Auto Insurer IAS
• Ace Settles Deepwater Coverage Fight With BP Contractor
• Insurer Must Defend CPA In Pension Suits: 4th Circ.
• BNY Mellon Shells Out $1.3M To Stave Off Bid-Rigging Probe
• Ripe For Comment: The CMS Sunshine Rule
• OneBeacon Tries To Shake Coverage Suit Over Calif. Fire
• Chartis Units Seek $1.6M For Kaiser Asbestos Claims
• Outsourcing Transactions In The Insurance Industry
• Wildlife Group Tries To Halt Puget Sound Flood Insurance
• Old Mutual To Exit Finnish Market With Sale Of Unit
• US Told To Redo $1B Deutsche Bank Mortgage Suit
• Insurer Tries To Sidestep EA Antitrust Action Coverage
• 5th Circ. Asked Not To Rehear MediQuip Insurance Tiff
• Arbitrator, Not Court, Should Decide Consolidation: 7th Circ.
• Sullivan Guides Tokio Marine In $2.7B Delphi Buy
• The War On Health Care Fraud: 2011 And Beyond
• Morgan Stanley Securities Suit Heads Back To State Court
• Insurers Take Aim At Ashland Over Factory Explosion
• Signature's $43M Insurance Claims Snuffed
• Cessna Sued For Negligence Over 2008 Runway Crash
• Insurers Buck Defense Costs For Budget Credit Card Action
• LA Ordered To Give Up Daily Reports In Water Main Spat
• Ex-Policyholders Trimmed From Conseco Insurance Action
• Food Co., Insurers Hit Navy With $365M Flare Damage Suit
• Aon To Fork Over $16M In Deal Ending FCPA Case
• La. Insurance Czar Blasts Restored $93M Katrina Award
• Insurer Must Face Class Action Over Slyly Reduced Benefits
• Medicare And The Confusion Over Insurer Reporting
• 9th Circ. Remands Calif. Workers' Health Insurance Suit
• Simplyhealth To Buy Axa Dental Unit For $180M
• Zurich Sanctioned In Abestos Coverage Suit
• Wells Fargo Force-Placed Home Insurance Action Nixed
• Sabre's Coverage Row With AIG Unit Sent To Federal Court
• Marketing Co. Seeks Coverage For Hidden Fee Actions
• Pipeline Maker Settles $2M Suit Over Faulty Gas Line
• Supreme Court Sets Arguments In Health Care Fight
• ACE Insurance Units Fined $9M For Faulty Practices
• Electrolux Dryers Led To $12M In Fire Damage: State Farm
• Insuring Against Claims Of Sexual Misconduct
• Ace Exits Insurance Bid-Rigging Suit For $2M
• HHS To Let States Set Benefit Benchmarks For Health Plans
• Liberty Wins Remand Of $6M Coverage Suit Against USSIC
• Insurer Wants A Pass In Steelers T-Shirt Patent Row
• Upper Deck Coverage Suit Over Counterfeit Cards Chucked
• 5 Tips For D&O Insurance Assessment
• Brown & Brown To Buy Arrowhead Insurance For $395M
• FTC Wants Out Of Telemarketing Insurance Suit
• Insurer Balks At Coverage In EA Antitrust Actions
• Old Mutual To Sell Nordic Unit for £2.1 billion
• Zurich Pays $7.6M In Adams' Investor Action Coverage Row
• Equitas Wants Out Of Pepsi Toxic Tort Coverage Suit
• Case Study: Levi V. Commonwealth
• Insurers Fight Settlement Costs In Oil Cleanup Suit
• Wells Fargo Dodges Sanctions In Pollution Coverage Suit
• Insurers Squabble Over GM Asbestos, Enviro Defense
• 9th Circ. Gives Genocide Insurance Case 2nd Look
• Blue Cross Escapes Class Action Over Hefty Premiums
• RPM Seeks 6th Circ. Rehearing Over Asbestos Coverage
• Judge Won't Sign Off On Class In Ashland Explosion Suit
• MassMutual's Countrywide MBS Claims Swept Into MDL
• Imperial Sugar Blast Coverage Suits Will Be Heard In Ga.
• Insurer Wants Off The Hook For Boiler Explosion
• US Fire, 1031 Co.'s Receiver Settle Fraud Coverage Row
• Surviving The Rise In Natural Disasters
• JPMorgan's $214M Market-Timing Coverage Suit Shut Down
• BofA, Insurers Beat Customer Privacy Action In 5th Circ.
• National Fire Gets Assurance Coverage Denial Suit Tossed
• Int'l Bakeries Exec's Insurers Off Hook For $56M: 8th Circ.
• Travelers Seeks $1M Cap On Highway Tar Spill Claims
• Wildfire Insurance Fight Belongs In Calif.: Judge
• Morgan Stanley To Take $1B Loss In MBIA Settlement
• SEC Takes SIPC To Court Over Stanford Fraud Coverage
• Insurance MVP: Covington's William Skinner
• HSBC Pulls Out Of $5.4B MBIA Restructuring Suit
• Insurer Can't Shake Contractor's Building Defect Suit
• Insurer Can't Keep Baby Formula Case In Mass.
• Supreme Court Scraps Madoff Victim Coverage Suit
• No, Virginia, There Is No Greenhouse Gas Clause
• MGIC, Execs Ask 7th Circ. To Toss Fraud Suit
• Bank Agrees To Stop Tax Refund Loans To End FDIC Suit
• Imperial Sugar Can't Move Explosion Coverage Suit
• House Panel Approves Bill To Protect Insurer Data
• Insurer John Alden Escapes Health Coverage Class Action
• Insurance MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's James Murray
• State Farm Shirked Duty, Photo Licensor Tells 9th Circ.
• Tudor Wins Transfer of $96M Defamation Coverage Row
• Insurance MVP: Covington's David Goodwin
• Reinsurer Can't Meddle In Jadis Forfeiture: Magistrate
• Insurance Cos. Sue Tremont Over Madoff Losses
• Insurer Must Defend BestComp Under E&O Policy: 5th Circ.
• Cures For The Common Closing
• Holding Co. Principals Not Upholding Bargain: Cayman Fund
• LexisNexis Misuses Consumer Insurance Info: Rival
• Humana Picks Up Health Analytics Leader Anvita
• Quinn Emanuel Stays Put In AIG's Battle With BofA
• BofA, Fifth Third Escape $70M Concord Loan Scheme Suit
• Aviation Cos., Insurers Settle $20M Plane Damage Suit
• Willis Group To Settle Sex Bias Suit For $11.6M
• When Plaintiffs Sell Out Absent Class Members
• D&B Settles Suit Claiming Equifax Tried To Poach Farmers
• Insurers Must Back Massey Against Injury, Damage Claims
• Auto Parts Maker Fights Irving Place's $28M Debt Claim
• Insurer Can Dump Dating Site In Scam Suit: Wis. Court
• Reinsurer Must Pay Up In Monsanto Deal: Ex-AIG Affiliate
• WTC Developers Can't Seek Double Recovery: Insurers
• Hartford Admitted Duty In ZIP Code Cases: Crate & Barrel
• Ind. Appeals Court Nixes Waste Cos.' Asbestos Claims
• Sens. Seek To Ease Pains Over Defective Chinese Drywall
• A New Chance To Delay ICANN's Expansion Plan
• Getting Ahead In The PACE Funding Race
• Insurer Must Cover $5M Spam Fax Settlement: Mo. Court
• Insurers Off Hook For KB Home's Chinese Drywall Claims
• Class Attys Get $1.5M In Allstate Cancer Policy Settlement
• Thermos Wins Another Round In Asbestos Coverage Suit
• DOL Targets Fraudulent Group Insurance Plans
• Philadelphia Financial Snags Hartford Unit For $117M
• Same-Sex Couples, Different Tax Treatment
• RioCan Caps Acquisition Of Toronto's Sheppard Centre
• Chamber Asks High Court To Nix Fraud Suit Against Deloitte
• FDIC Can't Intervene In IndyMac Coverage Suit: Judge
• Pipeline Co. Denied Quick End To Leak Coverage Row
• Class Cert. Denied In Suit Over Ariz. Town's Bond Losses
• HHS Sets Loss Ratio Rules Capping Insurer Profits
• G&S Can Sue Insurer For Affiliate's Claim, 7th Circ. Hears
• Taylor Bean Trustee Targets AIG, Others Over Payments
• The Limited Scope Of Bad-Faith Expert Testimony
• Imperial Sugar Resolves Insurance Battle Over Recall
• House Panel Votes To Nix CLASS Health Care Program
• Insurers Settle Scuffle Over $44M Hospital Defect Suit
• Lloyd's Scores Jackson Medical Records In Coverage Fight
• Construction Co. Seeks Coverage For Building Defect Suit
• Uncrackable Construction Defects Exclusion