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Insurance - June, 2012

255 articles

• Ex-Stroock Partner Can't Get Retirement Benefits
• Texas High Court Limits Coverage For Organ Charities
• 5th Circ. Frees Nautilus From Oil Project Coverage Fight
• NJ Court Tosses Clinic's Benefits Suit Against Auto Insurer
• Care Providers Wary Of States Bucking Medicaid Expansion
• Consumer Class Actions Survive Brush With High Court
• HHS Unveils New Grants To Build State-Based Exchanges
• NJ Town Official Admits Laundering Bribe To Mayor
• XL Must Yield Docs In Workers' Comp Row: Texas High Court
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• Grubb & Ellis Allows Cleanup Workers' 9/11 Suits To Proceed
• Merger Puts Travelers On Hook For Popcorn Lung Suits: Court
• Fairfax's Claims Survive In $8B Suit Over Short Selling Scam
• Congress Handily Approves 5-Year Flood Insurance Bill
• D&O Policy Covers Some Losses In Investor Suit: 7th Circ.
• With Ruling In Hand, Supreme Court Nixes ACA Challenges
• Importance Of Procuring Cybersecurity Insurance Coverage
• ACA Ruling Heats Up Already-Hopping Health Deals Scene
• Texas Insurance Exchange Debate Looms As ACA Upheld
• Stratfor Settles Suit Over 'Anonymous' Hacking Incident
• $80M Ruling Against Ex-IndyMac Execs Bolsters Insurers' Cases
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Against GSK Over Avandia Injury Costs
• Calif. Dems Hail ACA Ruling While GOP Urges Caution
• In ACA Ruling, A Warning Not To Read High Court Tea Leaves
• NY Judge Signs Off On State Takeover Of FGIC
• Zurich Needn't Cover NJ Organ Harvesting Defense Costs
• Roberts Swing Vote On ACA Strikes A Conservative Balance
• Dissecting The Supreme Court Ruling On Health Care Reform
• Defendants Can Estimate Damages Under CAFA: 10th Circ.
• Travelers Must Cover $375M Asbestos Deals, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Cuomo Hails High Court Health Ruling As NY GOPs Fume
• GOP Vows Health Law Repeal, But Chances Are Slim For Now
• Health Care Ruling Brings Contract, Grant Opportunities
• High Court Limits On Medicaid Expansion May Be Moot
• 'Like' It Or Not: Broker-Dealers And Social Media Access
• Health Care Ruling Is Mixed Blessing For Insurers
• ACA Ruling To Spark More Investment In New Care Models
• State Laggards Face Health Exchange Dilemma
• Biosimilars Dodge Bullet As High Court Upholds ACA
• With ACA Affirmed, Employers Must Prepare For 2014
• Supreme Court Drops First American Kickback Case
• High Court Upholds Health Care Law Under Taxing Powers
• Insurers Get New Weapon For Global Warming Coverage Rows
• Living Wills Give Banks A Chance To Uncover Own Weak Spots
• Judge 'Ticked' Over Delays In MBIA Suit Against BofA
• Cranberry Co. Demands Defense In Ocean Spray Slander Row
• Firms Rev Up To Weigh In After Health Care Decision
• UK Supreme Court Deals Blow To Zurich In Injury Fraud Case
• When Your Insurer Goes Bankrupt — And No One Tells You
• Admiral Insurance Settles PCL Construction Coverage Row
• Insurers Say WaMu D&O Coverage Suit Is In Wrong Court
• Insurer Appeals SunTrust Win Over Loan Default Coverage
• Flood Insurance Bill May Stall Over Pro-Life Amendment
• Liberty Mutual Must Back Alcoa In Homeowners' 'Red Dust' Suit
• Insurer Seeks Sanctions Over Frivolous Litigation Activity
• State Farm, Others Pan 'Junk Science' Antitrust Testimony
• Expanding Coverage Under CGL Policies In Ga.
• House GOP Targets AARP's Role In Health Care Reform Law
• JPMorgan Pays $4M To End WaMu Mortgage Kickback Suit
• 7th Circ. Sinks Safeco's Bid To Escape Water Damage Claims
• Treasury, IRS Target Aggressive Hospital Debt Collection
• Fidelity False Marketing Claims Time-Barred, Judge Rules
• Liberty Mutual Looks To Duck Covering Linn In Pollution Case
• Texas Law Firm's Counterclaims Against OneBeacon Pared
• Diminished Value Claims — Impossible Measure Of Damages?
• Brandywine, Allstate Unit Ink $121M Deal For Md. Offices
• High Court Rebuffs Insurer's Protest Of $105M Katrina Award
• Iran's Appeal Of Asset Seizure Stays Out Of Supreme Court
• Dangerous Cyber Waters: You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
• High Court's Health Care Decision Expected Thursday
• Mass. Launches Inquiry Into Insurance Execs' Pay
• Ga. High Court Steps Up Pressure On Insurers To Defend
• Aetna, Hospital Network To Offer Joint Health Plan
• 9th Circ. Asked To Weigh In On FDIC Citizenship
• Texas High Court Stems Worker Claims Under Insurance Code
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• BRS Settles Contract Dispute With Insurance Broker
• Ex-AIG, Gen Re Execs Settle $500M Accounting Fraud Charges
• Travelers May Have To Cover Russe Clothing Price Suit Costs
• When Excess Carriers Walk A Mile In An Insured's Shoes
• Cleveland Browns Sue Insurer Over Ex-Player's Infection
• MassMutual Gets Fraud Suit Over $216M Ponzi Scheme Pared
• Hazy Outlook May Push More Insurers To Settle Drywall Claims
• Calif. Advances Bills To Ramp Up Oversight Of Insurers
• 2nd Guessing Good Faith Settlement Determinations
• $1B Health Insurance Rebates May Not Be A Lasting Trend
• Failed NC Bank Seeks D&O Coverage In $7M FDIC Suit
• Allstate Spruces Up Defect Suit Over Christmas Tree Blaze
• 3rd Circ. Lets Insurers Off Hook In Juvie Kickback Scandal
• Potential Pitfalls For Fire Investigators
• FDIC Says Forged Inyx Docs Support $25M Westernbank Claim
• 9th Circ. Revives Cases Over Employers' ERISA Recoveries
• Insurers Pay $13M To Settle Chinese Drywall Claims
• Continental Denies Liability For Studebaker Cleanup Costs
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Insurer Win In 'Kids For Cash' Scandal
• Travelers Accuses Nursing Provider Of Workers' Comp Scam
• GOP Moves To Block IRS Premium Tax Credit Rule
• US Fidelis Co-Owner Admits Role Again In $70M Fraud
• NY Hospital Faces Suit Over Same-Sex Health Benefits
• First American Can't Nix $2.3M Verdict Over WaMu Loan
• Fidelity Gets Home Warranty Kickbacks Suit Tossed
• Italy's Antitrust Agency Conditionally OKs Unipol, FonSai Deal
• Gray Hair Remarks Don't Prove Age Bias, Judge Rules
• Settling For Less May Leave Excess Insurers Off The Hook
• JPMorgan Unit Can't Duck Syncora's $666M MBS Repo Claims
• NJ Bill To Regulate Cellphone, Laptop Insurance Advances
• Union Health Plan Sues Merck Over Drug Copay Subsidies
• United Healthcare Sues Surgery Firm Over $39M Kickback Plot
• HSBC, Insurer End Fight Over $14M Debt Shortfall
• Sens. Pressure High Court To Televise Health Law Decision
• Biz Leaders Urge Cool-Off Period After Health Care Ruling
• NAIC Wants In On Risk Panel Proposed In Flood Insurance Bill
• Lexington Settles With Summer Infant Over Privacy Class Action
• CMS Readying Customer Surveys For Health Exchanges
• Miami Legislators Blast 30% Proposed Home Insurance Hike
• BNY Mellon Settles With Prudential Over $28M In Forex Trades
• Saving On Insurance: Big Brother In The Driver's Seat
• GOP Senators Blast US Agencies On Stop-Loss Insurance
• Travelers Puts Up $10.5M To Kick Premium Overcharge Suit
• Century Seeks To Avoid Coverage For Narragansett Cleanup
• NJ Panel Clears Info-Sharing Bill To Foil Insurance Fraud
• Most Execs Unconcerned About D&O Suits, Survey Finds
• Delay Dooms Oil Spill Cleanup Coverage, Judge Rules
• Pacific State Execs Say Insurer's Suit Threatens FDIC Talks
• Fla. Judge Won't Snuff Nestle Waters' Suit Over Fire Coverage
• Insurer Reaches Settlement Over Crown Forex FINRA Claims
• High Court Wants SG's Take On Death Benefit Law Preemption
• High Court Asks DOJ Opinion On State-Federal HIPAA Case
• LandAmerica Insurers To Pay $36M Over D&O Claims
• What's In A Claim? A Lot, Depending On Policy Language
• Scruggs Leaks Can't Save State Farm From Katrina FCA Suit
• $300M Deal Sends Brit Insurance To Fairfax Runoff Biz
• 9th Circ. Ruling May Boost Bad Faith Claims Against Insurers
• Insurers Hold Their Ground In MGA Bratz Battle
• WellPoint To Pay $90M To Settle Anthem Policyholder Suit
• Calif. Judge Axes Aon's Noncompete Clauses In Alliant Battle
• Head Of ACA Implementation To Step Down From Post
• Hawaii Latest State To Drop Surplus Lines Tax Sharing
• FDIC To Clarify Cos. Subject To Its Liquidation Authority
• Catholic Hospitals Pull Support For Birth Control Bargain
• CMS Floats Rule On Coverage Beyond Insurance Settlements
• Aetna Beats Blue Cross Bid To Nix Mich. Antitrust Suit
• Storming Into Summer With Big Fla. Insurance Decisions
• Health Care Ruling Could Mean Years Of Delay For Biosimilars
• Big Legal Malpractice Claims On The Rise, Survey Finds
• Sens. Pass $159B Bill Sans NLRB, ACA Defunding Measures
• AXA Call Workers Sue Over Unpaid 'Off-The-Clock' Chores
• Top NY Dem Backs Bill To Let Doctors Negotiate En Masse
• Liberty Asks 7th Circ. To Ax $450M Workers' Comp Deal
• Groups Push For Streamlined Licensing Of Insurance Agents
• Title Insurers Spared Antitrust Scrutiny, Says 3rd Circ.
• Navy Encryption IP Found Unenforceable In State Farm Row
• Hawaii Is 1st State To Commit To Health Insurance Exchange
• Sens. Grill White House On $20M Health Reform PR Campaign
• Liberty Mutual Wants Off Hook For Sears Ice Maker Suit
• Morgan Stanley Returns $67M MBS Row To Federal Court
• Okla.'s Soft Blow To Economic Presence Nexus
• Lights, Camera, Courtroom: Lessons From Mike Wallace
• Countrywide Wants Judge To Boot Insurers' MBS Claims
• Calif. Panel OKs Workers' Comp Bill Despite Opposition
• All Eyes On How NY Will Treat FGIC Policyholders
• Syncora, EMC Spar Over Terms Of $666M MBS Repo Deal
• Judge Slams UnitedHealth For Visiting Juror In Coverage Row
• RI Bill Would Slam Auto Insurers With Repair Suits, AIA Warns
• Blue Shield Rejects Claims It Gamed Calif. Policyholders
• Insurer Can't Shake Suit Over 5-Hour Energy Defense
• Aetna Solicits Blue Cross Exec Pay Docs In $2B Antitrust Suit
• The Mother Of All Survivors Benefits Cases
• NY AG Tells Insurer, Medical Practice To Issue $1M Refunds
• Judge Waives Lingering Objection To WR Grace Ch. 11 Plan
• Swiss Re, Others Avoid Covering JPMorgan For Ponzi Losses
• $159B Bill Advances Over GOP Protests Of ACA Funding
• NY Orders Force-Placed Insurers To Submit New Rates
• Additional Insureds' Chances At Coverage Limited In NY
• Biz Groups Want ACA Employer Regs Now, Penalties Later
• European Investors Launch AIG Fraud Suit Over CDO Bets
• Excess Insurers One Step Closer To Boost In NY State
• GOP Senators Urge 9th Circ. To Preserve DOMA
• Amount Paid V. Amount Billed: The Value Of Health Care
• Fiserv Bad Faith Claims Survive In Title Insurance Coverage Row
• Michaels Has Edge In Data Theft Coverage Suit, Attys Say
• Arch, Contractor Settle Construction Defect Coverage Suit
• TIG, Fairmont Want Out Of NCAA's Concussion Defense
• Ambassadors Execs Get Defense Coverage In DOJ Fight
• UnitedHealth, Others To Keep Reforms Even If High Court Won't
• Minn.'s Broad Interpretation Of 'Additional Insured'
• States' Insurance Dept. Budgets To Fall In 2013: Report
• Ambac Investor Asserts Right To Challenge $33M Settlement
• Judge Orders BofA To Cough Up Liability Docs In MBIA Suit
• NJ Court Denies Pollution Suit Coverage For Heating Oil Co.
• Corning Win To Group Asbestos Claims May Help NY Insureds
• GOP Says Obama Aides Helped Run ACA Ad Campaigns
• Retired Cops Lose Bid For Share In $13M Prudential Windfall
• Gulf South Says Insurer Must Pay For $4.5M Fluid Leak
• MGA Insurer Takes Bratz Defense Dispute To 9th Circ.
• Allianz Scoops Up Groupama's French Insurance Unit
• Farmers Insurance Gets Class Trimmed In Med-Pay Suit
• Reviewing 'Evident Partiality' After Scandinavian
• Insurers Want Liability Cap For Commercial Spaceflight
• Insurers Face Big Hurricane Risks In NYC, Report Says
• Conseco Shells Out $43M To Settle Insurance Rate Hike Suit
• Evidence Dooms MBIA's $5B Breakup, Banks Say
• Aegis Settles Gas Leak Coverage Suit With Plantation
• Disclosure Law Shouldn't Cover Insurance Dues, Group Says
• Travelers Can't Shake Welding Co.'s Injury Claims Suit
• OneBeacon Calls Foul In $11M Stadium Scam Coverage Row
• Cargill Can't Shake Counterclaims In E. Coli Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives Ritz-Carlton's $3.2M Katrina Damage Row
• HHS Missed Half Its Deadlines Under PPACA, Analysis Says
• Breaking Down Fla.'s Prejudgment Interest Issues
• Hartford Dodges Defense Duty In PCB Cleanup Dispute
• Blackstone Again Dodges Junk Insurance Suit, For Now
• Property Value Losses Can Be Covered, Ga. High Court Says
• Black & Veatch Sues Insurers Over AEP Power Plant Defects
• Hinshaw & Culbertson Adds Litigation Pro To Miami Office
• Cascade Grain Settles $4M Contaminated Ethanol Claim
• Horizon, Surgery Centers Face Off Again After $22M Deal Fails
• High Court Health Ruling Won't Transform System, Execs Say
• Shapiro & Burson, Westport Settle Robosigning Coverage Row
• CMS Gets Commitments For Primary Care Initiative
• DLA Piper Lures Deals, Insurance Atty From Credit Suisse
• Connecticut Ratchets Up Oversight Of Global Insurers
• Preempting Insurance Policy Anti-Assignment Provisions
• Mich. Courts Can't Nix Policy Limits Automatically: 6th Circ.
• D&O Insurer Must Provide Sandusky's Defense — For Now
• Federal Insurance Wants Off Hook For PetArmor Defense
• MBIA Says Regulator Followed Law In $5B Breakup Approval
• MBIA Stakes Claims To IndyMac MBS Losses In DC Circ.
• Michaels' Insurer Sues Over Data Breach Coverage
• Pittsburgh Corning Blasts Insurers' Discovery Request
• Blue Shield Must Cover Residential Anorexia Care: 9th Circ.
• Refining What Is A 'Loss' Under Wash. D&O Policies
• RSUI Blames Insurers For Runaway Katrina Litigation Costs
• Calif. Senate OKs Bill To Regulate Stop-Loss Insurance
• Saul Ewing Lures Insurance Pro Back From Cozen O'Connor
• Software Helps Insurers Lowball Claims, Report Says
• Judge Tosses Annuities Suit Against AIG Subsidiary
• Romney Hires Health Exchange Adviser As Transition Chief
• Navy Power Plant Subcontractor Seeks $1.4M From Insurer
• Aflac Pays 3 States $1.6M Over Broker Bonuses, Sales
• MBIA Says $5B Split Meant to Revive Municipal Bond Market
• Electrolux Can't Evade Heat In State Farm Dryer Fire Suit
• WellPoint Scoops Up 1-800 CONTACTS From Fenway Partners
• Aetna Unfairly Denies Kids' Mental Health Benefits, Parents Say
• Legal Considerations For mHealth Stakeholders
• Travelers Ordered To Pay For Sequa Unit's Polluted Sites
• School District Must Arbitrate Aetna Row, Texas Court Rules
• Fla. Ruling May Be Death Knell For Bad Faith Claims
• CORRECTION: CMS Pulls Back Marketing Of High-Risk Insurance Pools
• First Horizon Accused Of Reinsurance Kickback Scheme
• HHS Inches Closer To Defining Essential Health Benefits
• MBIA Using $5B Breakup To Coerce Settlements, Banks Say
• Plastics Co. Sues Insurers Over Superfund Liability Coverage
• Limiting Insurer Exposure For TCPA Claims In Ill.
• 'Shape Up' Maker Tells 5th Circ. Chubb Owes Coverage