Insurance Archive » January, 2012

Insurance - January, 2012

188 articles

• Blue Shield Agrees To Cover Autism Therapy In Calif. Suit
• High Court Won't Stall La. Insurer's $93M Katrina Fine
• Chubb Off Hook In 'Shape Up' Coverage Dispute
• Law Site Owner Tells 5th Circ. Texas Act Violates Free Speech
• 2011's Big FCPA Finish: Aon And Magyar Telekom
• Endurance Takes RE Loan Coverage Row To Federal Court
• No Defense Owed To Law Firm In 3 Suits: Insurer
• Immigration Firm Sues State Farm For Data Security Coverage
• WR Grace Nears Ch. 11 Exit With Insurance Settlements
• US Files $92M In Liens In American Airlines Bankruptcy
• Blowout Preventer Co. Sues Insurer For $50M To Fund BP Deal
• Zurich's Bid For Quick Win Backfires In Defect Coverage Row
• Liberty Mutual Settles $50M Hurricane Ike Coverage Suit
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• NRG Unit Wins Coverage For Coal Plant Modification Suit
• Insurers Owe Indemnity In Superfund Cleanup Suit: Judge
• Insurers Can't Scrub Asbestos Claims From Old Policies
• Jury Blows Insurer Over With $4M Award For Property Manager
• Blue Cross Blasts Aetna's Antitrust Allegations
• 9th Circ. Rejects Insurer's Contract Claims Against Thorpe
• Risky Loans Cost Calif. Bank $42M, Led To Demise: FDIC
• Admiral Drops Coverage Fight With Md. Law Firm
• ACE Group Unit Must Split Costs Of FEMA Trailer Fire
• A Bear Of An Insurance Issue For JP Morgan
• MGA's Coverage Suit Over Bratz Battle Survives
• MetLife Failed To Pay Minimum Wage, OT: Loan Officer
• AIG Avoids $7M Claims Over Utah Mine Coverage
• Health Law Can Stand Even Without Mandate: White House
• Texas Denied Waiver On Health Reform Premium Rules
• Policy Dictates Insurers' Right To Restitution: Utah Court
• McGuireWoods Snags K&L Gates Insurance, Environment Pro
• Judge Won't Toss Same-Sex Couples' CalPERS Insurance Case
• Property Manager's Hurricane Wilma Coverage Suit Survives
• Countrywide Fights Lower Fraud Bar In Insurer Suits
• Insurance Watchdog Investigating Lap-Band Centers: Aetna
• Defining The Scope Of The Administrative Exemption
• Deutsche Wins Longer Notice Period In 9/11 Coverage Row
• Chartis Affiliate Dealt Setback In Drywall Coverage Suit
• Insurer Tries To Dodge Coverage In Robosigning Actions
• Insurers Fail To Pare Construction Defect Coverage Suit
• Lloyd's, LandAmerica Strike $38M Deal In E&O Coverage Row
• Hospital Groups Clash Over Doc Request In Competition Battle
• 1st Circ. Grounds Travel Co.'s Contract Coverage Claims
• A Health And Welfare Benefit Year In Review
• AIG Slapped With Investor Action Over Complex Equities
• Referee Recommends $2M Attys' Fees For Union In Ace Case
• State Farm Wins Provider Reimbursement Fight In 11th Circ.
• Insurer Can't Rebuild Case In Construction Defect Suit
• MetLife Reaches Deal With Conn. Over Data Breach
• UK Probes Simplyhealth's $180M Dental Insurance Co. Buy
• The Nonoccurrence Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Insurer Stripped Of Coverage Duties For Cabaret Spam Suits
• High Court Won't Review Texas Contingent Fee Rule
• Calif. Court Reverses Tainted Onion Coverage Rulings
• Insurers Can Challenge Thorpe Reorganization: 9th Circ.
• MetLife, Prudential Face $1.5B Suit Over Unclaimed Funds
• Judge Cuts Conspiracy Claims Against Cigna, Others
• $420M Award To Travelers Survives Reinsurers' Appeal
• Jilted Developer's $2.5M Win Against Principal Scrapped
• John Hancock Targets JPMorgan Over Toxic RMBS
• First American Cuts Down US Bank's Loan Insurance Suit
• Allstate's $700M Suit Doesn't Support BofA Claim: Judge
• Kasowitz Sues WebXchange Over IP Litigation Fees
• Kagan Recusal Arguments Nixed In High Court Health Fight
• Stroock, Ex-Partner Must Arbitrate Retirement Row: Judge
• Reed Smith Reels In Sutherland ETF, Investment Expert
• Hogan Lovells Boosts Finance, Corporate Practices
• PFF Execs Strike $8M Deal To End Securities Suit
• Bayer Ducks High Court Review Of Suit Over Crawfish Crop
• 9th Circ. Cuts AIU From Seagate Coverage Dispute
• FHA Finalizes Regs To Limit Mortgage Risks
• Office Depot, Travelers Settle IP Coverage Dispute
• Carlyle Takes China Pacific Stake Below 5 Percent
• KBC Sells Polish Insurance Unit To Talanx For $1B
• St. Paul Can't Dodge Oil Driller's Coverage Claims
• Citi Defrauded Homeowners On Reinsurance: Class Action
• 'Superior' Strength — How To Bend Barred Claims
• Ex-WaMu Execs' Insurers To Pay FDIC $40M
• No Attys' Fees From Bankrupt Insurer: Fla. High Court
• Hilco Demands Coverage For Banks' $41M Negligence Suits
• 10th Circ. Favors Time-On-Risk In Gel IP Coverage Row
• 8 Insurers Settle Over Misleading Health Provider Info
• MassMutual Can't Exit MDL Over Unit's Risky Investments
• Credit Suisse Buys $7B In Mortgage Bonds From NY Fed
• Pension Plan's ING Kickback Suit Not Too Late: Judge
• Insurer Wants Off Hook For Pigment Co. Pollution Suit
• Another Look At W-2 Reporting Requirements
• Carnival Faces Legal Issues Beyond Passenger Suits
• Trade Am Loses Bid For Fees After $9M Coverage Win
• FINRA Awards Ex-Questar Broker $3M In Defamation Case
• Insurers Can't Dodge Coverage For NCAA Antitrust Actions
• FDIC Sues Execs For $417M Over R-G Premier Collapse
• Munich Re To Insure Against Solar Panel Co. Bankruptcies
• NY Appeals Court Rejects Precedent On Coverage Notices
• UK Watchdog Fines Insurance Cos. £2M For Changing Files
• Liberty Mutual Units Off The Hook In 4 Four Loko Suits
• Travelers Coverage Row Belongs In US Court, 7th Circ. Told
• 7th Circ. Asked To Revive Perkins, Aviall Benefits Case
• Clarendon Owes $4M In Reinsurance Dispute: Judge
• Lexington Seeks To Avoid Doe Run's Toxic Defense Costs
• Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein
• Supreme Court Lets 2 New Biz Owners Join Health Fight
• 3 Insurance Partners Join Drinker Biddle From Dewey
• State Law Split: Transactions Assigning Insurance Rights
• Insurers Defeat Ex-Coke Unit's Asbestos Coverage Claims
• PBGC Demands Info On AMR Pension Plans
• CIT Won't Halt Repayment Of Peanut Duties To Insurer
• Prudential Agrees To Step Up Efforts To Pay Death Benefits
• People's Choice Trustee, Ex-CFO Settle For $5M
• Wash. Gov., AGs Back Health Care Law In Supreme Court
• Town Demands Toxic Water Defense Coverage In 7th Circ.
• Insurance Group Of The Year: Skadden Arps
• 6th Circ. Sees No Fraud In Nationwide's Loan To Agent
• Travelers Sues Construction Cos. Over Bond Indemnity
• Broadening The Field Of Acceptable Expert Witnesses
• Epstein Becker Can't Shake Broker's Malpractice Suit
• Lilly, 3rd-Party Payors Reach $4.5M Deal In Zyprexa Case
• Travelers Fights Marriott Coverage In ESPN Star's Suit
• Bankrupt Hospital Sues Over Malpractice Coverage
• Insurance Group Of The Year: Kasowitz
• Discovery Bid Heads To Canada In Lantheus Coverage Suit
• Judge Keeps Insurance Fight Over Faulty Pipeline Flowing
• Clarifying 'Bodily Injury' In Abuse Cases
• Banks Ask NY To Review MBIA's Books After $5.4B Fraud
• PwC, Milliman To Pay $7M To Settle Hospital RICO Claims
• Insurer Tries To Dodge Defending Avastin Distributor
• Walgreen, Par Schemed To Overcharge For Generics: Suit
• Insurance Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
• Insurers Off Hook For Defective PVC Pipe Coverage
• MetLife Scores Luxury Chicago Tower From Lynd
• Allied, AMCO Want Help For Hazing Death Coverage
• CORRECTED: Pipeline Co.'s Insurer Drops Fuel Cleanup Suit Against Navy
• Citi Among Cos. Facing NY Home Insurance Probe
• Mid-Arbitration Is Not The Time For Complaints
• States Challenge Medicaid Expansion In Supreme Court
• Tawa Says Argonaut Withheld Info In $114M Unit Sale
• MetLife To Withdraw From Forward Mortgage Business
• Insurance Group Of The Year: Dickstein Shapiro
• BNP Paribas Latest To Exit $5B MBIA Restructuring Suit
• National Union Scores Again In Row With Carbon Black Co.
• IMA Fights $4.6M Insurance Tab Over Ethanol Plant Blowup
• PHH's Mortgage Insurance Practices Under CFPB Scrutiny
• Lehman Creditors Back $1B Archstone Buy, Wilton Sale
• Lloyd's Must Face Visa Suit Over Call-Recording Coverage
• Broker Says Execs Stole Celebrity Clients For Rival Lockton
• The Underwriter's Role Against Contra Proferentem
• ELNY Beneficiary Blasts Receiver's Bid For Insolvency
• Dodgers, Hartford Headed To Arbitration Over Payout
• Northwestern Mutual Faces OT Class Action By Sales Reps
• Gen Re Pushes 2nd Circ. To Revive $72M Fraud Settlement
• Judge Questions BNY's Call To Jettison $80M Insurer Suit
• Utah High Court Backs Unequal Coverage Split In IP Row
• High Court Nixes Deloitte's Appeal Over Fraud Suit Standing
• Firearm Dealer's Insurance Fight Moves Forward
• Travelers Accused Of Deceiving Toxic Tort Policyholders
• 'Not Whether, But How' To Improve Insurance Regulation
• DOJ Mounts High Court Defense Of Health Care Reform
• Fireman's Fund, Hartford Settle $21M Asbestos Fight
• Syncora Fights Put-Back Ruling In Countrywide Case
• 7th Circ. Says Clock Ran Out On Title Co. Ponzi Suit
• Kuwait Investment Arm Drops Claims Against Ex-AIG Exec
• What's In A Name: Employee V. Independent Contractor
• 9th Circ. Seeks Calif. High Court's Take On $20M Dam Suit
• Insurer Loses Key Claim In Crystal Plant Explosion Suit
• Asbestos Insurer Asks 3rd Circ. To Flip $1M Coverage Cap
• Nationwide Insurance Investigators Out Of Luck In OT Suit
• Ambac Nears $1B IRS Deal In Quest For Ch. 11 Exit
• Expanding Insurance Regulation, One State At A Time
• Insurer Balks At Defense Of Mickey Rooney's Stepson
• UMG Works Out Deal To End $3M Coverage Suit
• Insurers Can't Join Coverage Suit Over Athlete Image Use
• Judge Won't Reopen Claims Over Pacific Life Policies
• Cracker Barrel Seeks EEOC Suit Coverage In 6th Circ.
• Mutual Contractors Can't Bring Labor Claims: Calif. Court
• Blue Shield Pays $2M To Settle Policy Rescission Action
• Prudential Pays $1M To End Claims Managers' FLSA Suit
• MBIA, Aurelius Duke It Out Over Insolvency Claims
• Subrogation Not A Safe Bet Against Additional Insureds
• Overhauling The Federal Jurisdictional Statutes
• SEC Sues Life Partners Execs Over Accounting Fraud
• Claims Adjusters' Calif. OT Row To Get Another Look
• PNC, Insurers Accused Of Captive Reinsurance Scheme
• Fraud Proof Bar Lowered For Insurers In BofA Suits
• MetLife Wins Suit Over $65M CLO Funds
• Deepwater Horizon Claims Adjusters Bury Wage Action
• 2nd Circ. Stamps Out Fire Loss Action Against Allstate
• Equivalence Under EU's Solvency II
• Insurance Cases To Watch In 2012