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Insurance - August, 2012

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• National Union Says Atty Doesn't Have Conflict Of Interest
• Fluor Loses Asbestos Coverage Bid In Suit Against Hartford
• After Isaac, Businesses Far Away Face Coverage Hurdles
• State Farm Can't Deduct Punitive Damages Reserve: 7th Circ.
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• Calif. Legislature OKs Bill For Consumer-Owned Health Plans
• High Court Grants Review Of CAFA Dispute
• Fannie, Goldman Beat Some Claims In Subprime Mortgage Suit
• Judge Guts Medline Suit Seeking Surgical Mesh Coverage
• Navigators Dodges Coverage of DC Firm Investment Scam Suits
• The Limits Of FLM V. Cincinnati Insurance
• Defining The Mission Of The Complex Case
• Insurers Pick Apart Proposal For Global Supervision
• Ind. Court Extends Personal Injury Coverage To Enviro Claims
• Textron, Brooke Holdings Settle Investment Liability Suit
• 'Obamacare' Repeal Vows Reign At GOP Convention
• Insurer Sues Plews Shadley Over FCA Sanctions Coverage
• Chevron Faces Indemnity Claim In Navy Subcontractor Suit
• Calif. Medical Group Accuses Aetna Of Blacklisting Its Docs
• Travelers Owes Beverage Co. Defense In Calif. Wage Suit
• National Union Must Defend BNSF In Crash Suits: Texas Court
• Cross-State Insurance Poses Challenges, Texas Sens. Told
• Allstate, Geico, Others Beat Car Repair Parts Antitrust Suit
• 6th Circ. Sides With Atlantic In Insurance Stacking Suit
• BofA Attacks Shareholder Suit Over AIG Litigation
• Cellphone User Wants Class Cert. In Spam Texting Suit
• Counting Employees: More Difficult Than You Think
• Skadden Reps Validus In $623M Cash, Stock Deal For Reinsurer
• Employer Group Prods White House Over Dependent Coverage
• Clearview Jumps On Crescent's Improved $254M Buyout Offer
• Lloyd's Fights Gun Club Over Contamination Claims
• Ga. Health Insurance Law Violates ERISA, Trade Group Says
• Calif. Self-Insurance Restriction Bill Hits Delay
• MBIA Can't Clear Path To BofA, Countrywide Docs In MBS Suit
• MetLife Lands Suburban SF Office Towers In Record Deal
• Deferring Deportation Won't Get Immigrants Insured: HHS
• Higher Medical Awards May Be Closer To Reality In Calif.
• Industry Groups Point FIO To Flaws In State Reinsurance Regs
• St. Paul Rejects Riddell's Concussion Suit Coverage Claims
• KDVG Adds Ex-Willis DePasquale Biz Litigator In San Fran
• MDL Plaintiffs Say GSK Won't Uphold Avandia Settlement
• State Farm Wants Out Of Suit Over Medical Biller's Faxes
• Insurers Face Up To $1.5B In Losses From Hurricane Isaac
• US Insurers May Need To Be Afraid Of The UK's FSA
• Triad Can't Fight AHM Coverage In Bankruptcy Court
• Minn. Arbitration Notice Ruling Gives Ammo To Policyholders
• PSU's Venue Protest Denied In Sandusky Coverage Suit
• Notre Dame Fires Back In Contraception Rule Battle
• Goldman Denies Conflict In $5B Amerigroup-WellPoint Deal
• Pediatricians Urge HHS To Allow CHIP As Benchmark Plans
• NJ Court Sends Retired Cops' Benefits Suit To Arbitration
• Highmark, UPMC Extend Contract Amid Antitrust Feud
• Clergy Sex Abuse Suit Not Time-Barred In Calif., Judge Says
• Hanover Can't Expelliarmus Harry Potter Park Coverage Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Insurer's Suit Over Helicopter Crash
• HHS Escapes Christian College's Contraception Suit
• NM High Court Reverses Allstate Win In Enviro Coverage Suit
• Case Study: Walsh Securities V. Cristo Property Mgmt.
• Banyon Trustee Sues Insurers To Cover $70M In Ponzi Losses
• Ex-El Paso Officials Get Prison For Health Insurance Bribes
• Dunmore Owner Sanctioned In $20M Travelers Bond Row
• Health Insurance Rate Hikes Will Go On Calif. Ballot In 2014
• AIG, Reporter Spar Over Access to Asset-Hiding Reports
• Colony Must Cover Plumbing Co. Suits, 5th Circ. Says
• 8th Circ. Brings Back Ameren's $32M Dispute With Insurer
• Home Construction Cos. Settle Defect Fight With Insurers
• 2nd Circ. Sends Reputational Damages Query To Conn. Court
• West Penn Says Antitrust Suit Aims To Shield UPMC Monopoly
• Suit Says Dollar Dupes Customers Into Unwanted Coverage
• NAIC Eyes Claims Software After Reports Of Lowballing
• Progressive, Apartment Building Owner Settle Katrina Suit
• Case Study: California V. Continental Insurance
• 6th Circ. DSW Ruling Reveals New Data Breach Coverage Path
• Evanston Wins 5th Circ. Coverage Row In Organ Selling Case
• Insurer Sues To Dodge $2M Bill Over Faulty Gulf Rig Repairs
• Ex-El Paso Official Cops To $100M Kickback Scheme
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• Judge Again Tosses Suit Challenging ACA
• HHS Finalizes Unique Health Plan ID Rule, Coding Delay
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Downhole's Oil Project Coverage Suit
• Health Plan Forks Over $322M To End Calif. Medicaid Probe
• Insurers Can't Duck Defending PVC Maker In Nevada's Suit
• Legal Challenges Lie Ahead For Calif.'s Iran Insurance Bill
• Antitrust Review Extended For WellPoint's $5B Amerigroup Buy
• Judge Shuts Down Investors' Bid For BofA Docs
• HHS Gives States $765M For Health Insurance Exchanges
• Union Off Hook For Defense Of Convicted Ex-NJ Police Chief
• Polyester Maker Wants Ace To Cover Tornado-Induced Losses
• UK Insurer Can't Arbitrate Ameren Reservoir Collapse Suit
• Insurance Exchanges Won't Curb Costs Without Reforms: Study
• 6th Circ. Won't Let AIG Off $7M Hook In DSW Hacking Case
• Bradley Arant Hires Health Care Pro From Balch & Bingham
• NJ Laws Apply In Claims Against Insurers In Liquidation: Court
• Erie Indemnity Facing Claims It Bilked Exchange Of $300M
• Triune's Catholic Owners Challenge 'Evil' Contraception Rule
• Jones Day Guides USI's Buy Of TD Bank Insurance Unit
• Va. Offers Protection Concerning Certificates Of Insurance
• Nationwide Targeted Over Automated Calls
• Prudential Faces Investor Suit Following Death Benefits Audit
• 11th Circ. Weighs Coverage For Unreasonable Settlements
• Investors Blast Opposition To Making BofA Docs Public
• Travelers Sues NFL Over Ex-Players' Brain Injury Lawsuits
• Class Grows In Cigna Autism Treatment Denial Suit
• Medicare To Pay Bonuses For Better Primary Care
• Calif. OKs 2 Bills To Modernize Insurance Regs
• Military Families Denied Class Cert. In Feud With Prudential
• CORRECTED: Former NJ Mayor Denies Taking Insurance Broker's Bribes
• Godwin Ronquillo Adds Trial Veteran To Commercial Group
• MetLife Accused Of Sending Unsolicited Junk Faxes
• HCC Claims No Duty To Cover Oreck In False Ad MDL
• Big Or Small, Cos. Need Insurance Against Data Breaches
• Insurers Avoid Coverage For $96M FALC Defamation Suit
• Factory Mutual Must Cover Oil Leak-Related Plant Shutdown
• PMI Sues Ariz. Regulator To Shield $1.3B In Tax Assets
• Wells, Prudential Caused Bankruptcy Over $150M Loan: Suit
• Countrywide, Triad Reach Deal In $111M Insurance Suit
• State Farm Off Hook For Injury Suits Against Pharmacy
• AXA Appeals Paul Weiss Docs Ruling In $1.5B ING Suit
• 2 Insurance Industry Groups Dodge $60M Fraud Suit
• Insurance Disputes Remain Separate In Pastor Sex Abuse Case
• Pa. Supreme Court Keeps Title Insurance Class Action Alive
• Pollution Clause Exempts Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: 11th Circ.
• Pfizer Tells 1st Circ. Neurontin MDL Shows No Proof Of Harm
• State Regulations Provide Antitrust Immunity, Blue Cross Says
• Bringing Certainty To An Uncertain Tax Position
• Texas Can't Bring Receiver Into Life Partners Fraud Case
• Pump Co.'s Insurers Sanctioned For 'Disruptive Tactics'
• States Draw More Captive Insurers, But Face Learning Curve
• Countrywide Can't Shake MassMutual's MBS Claims In MDL
• Nursing Homes Sue Insurers For $3M In Hurricane Damages
• Nutrition Co. Sues Beazley Over $1M In Hurricane Damages
• Society Insurance Seeks To Exit ATM Fees Suit Against Bar
• Insurers Settle With LSP Energy For $7M Over Turbine Failure
• GOP Reps. Give CMS 2 Weeks To Answer States On Health Law
• Federal Can Deny Coverage In Gas Station Buyers' $2M Accord
• ACE Says OneBeacon Stole Trade Secrets, Workers
• Davis Polk Advises Aetna In $7.3B Coventry Acquisition
• Following The Money To Resolve Policy Disputes
• Changing Landscape Of Same-Sex Couples' Inheritance Rights
• Allianz Battles Travelers Over $1.9M Stage Collapse Coverage
• Farmers Insurance Ruling Could Help Keep Class Actions Alive
• SEC Sanctioned Over Deposition In Life Partners Fraud Suit
• Insurers Sue Oil And Gas Co. Over $50M Hurricane Ike Claims
• SAP Sues Insurer Over $18M Liability From $80M Settlement
• Calif. HIPAA Overcharge Suit Paused For Blue Cross Appeal
• Pickens Asks 5th Circ. For $33M Life Insurance Refund
• Hospital Interest In ACOs Low Despite Hype, Survey Shows
• CMS Names New Chief To Implement Key ACA Provisions
• Utica Sues To Keep Hunton Attys In $1.5M Reinsurance Feud
• Amerigroup Investors Sue Over $4.9B WellPoint Deal
• Judge Rules For TIG In $23M Asbestos Reinsurance Battle
• Sun Life Loses Bid To Move Death Benefits Suit To Mass.
• Slamming Aetna Execs, Judge Tosses Medicaid Contract Suit
• PPACA: What Employers Must Know
• Chicago Title Rate-Gouging Suit Not Time Barred
• Cigna Seeks To Recover $2.5M In Allegedly False Claims
• Liberty Can't Kill $50M Coverage Suit Over Deepwater Deal
• Cigna Slams Bid To Nix Arbitration In $100M Sex Bias Suit
• Calif. Ruling May Boost NFL's Shot At Concussion Coverage
• Minn. Fines Life Insurers Over Lump Sump Practices
• Brazil Drops Insurance Guarantee Tax To Spur Projects
• Blue Cross Denied Document Request In Mich. Antitrust Case
• Aetna Hits Clinics, Hospital With Billing Fraud Claims
• Texas Wins Life Partners Injunction In Securities Fraud Suit
• MBIA, Investors Want BofA Docs Made Public
• State Farm Settles Studio Suit Over Marilyn Monroe Photos
• Land O' Lakes Cleanup Suit Not Time-Barred, 8th Circ. Hears
• La. Denies United's Protest Of Blue Cross Health Contract
• Calif. Court Sides With Blue Shield In Maternity Coverage Feud
• The Extent Of Coverage Under Minn. Title Insurance Policies
• UBS Unit Can't Ditch Suit Over $308M MBS Insurance
• A Roadmap To New Markets Tax Credit
• Travelers' Suit Over Marriott's Erin Andrews Defense Pared
• Calif. Law Drains Value From Redevelopment Bonds: Insurer
• Texas Insurance Dept. Email Debacle Reveals Public Tension
• Calif. Court Can't Repay Gay Spouse's Health Coverage: GAO
• RealPage Says Insurers In Yardi Row Can't Recoup Payout
• Dow Unit Seeks Insurer Docs In $35M Miner Coverage Suit
• Penn Mutual Gets Partial Win In Illegal STOLI Case
• Texas Court Voids $1.4M Hail Damage Coverage Award
• 2nd Circ. Frees AIG From Madoff Investor Couple's Claims
• Lexington Can't Quell $11M Salt Mine Coverage Fight
• There's My Number; Your ATDS Can Call Me — Maybe
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Contract Doesn't Bar Transocean Coverage
• 11th Circ. Could Lend Wider Net To Fla. Pollution Exclusions
• Nationwide Accused Of Skirting Personal Injury Payments
• FGIC Must Respond To Countrywide's Questions In MBS Suit
• NJ Public Adjuster Admits Bilking Insurance Cos.
• Federal Insurance Exchange Is On Track, CMS Head Promises
• United Blasts La. For Tapping Blue Cross For Health Contract
• Insurer Tries To Sink Shipbuilder's FCA Coverage Claim
• 5th Circ. Reverses Class Cert. In Title Insurance Row
• Jones Day Hires Torts, Insurance Partner From Thorp Reed
• Foodborne 'Occurrences': Are You Covered?
• OneWest Bank Targeted By Insurer Over $335M In MBS Losses
• Hospitals See Painful Possibilities In Ryan's Medicaid Plan
• Excess Insurer Says NFL Not Covered For Head Injury Suits
• Health Network, Med Discount Co. Dodge Docs' Marketing Suit
• 2nd Circ. Gives Gen Re's $72M Fraud Deal Another Chance
• ACA Unlikely to Change Employer Health Coverage, GAO Says
• Insurer Seeks To Avoid Covering Hertz's TCPA Suit Defense
• Liberty Ducks $13M Bad-Faith Punitive Damages Award
• Allstate, Others Say Poor Expert Witness Dooms Antitrust Suits
• Insurer Says Conrail Not Covered In Workers' Pollutant Suit
• O'Quinn Wants Beirne Maynard DQ'd From Coverage Row
• Beware A Surety's Declination Option In Performance Bonds
• Reversal Gives Title Insurers Win In $450M Failed Merger Suit
• Sporting Goods Co. Fights Insurers To Defend ZIP Code Suit
• Praetorian's Lower Force-Placed Rates Don't Cut It, Fla. Says
• National Union Can't Duck Payless TCPA Coverage Suit
• 11th Circ. Upholds Sentences For Insurance Scammers
• Indian Harbor Fights Coverage Of $2.3M Landfill Judgment
• Blue Cross Targets Scranton Over $2M In Unpaid Bills
• Insurer Doesn't Have To Cover Plane Crash Suits, Ill. Court Says
• Merge Presses 7th Circ. For Fees In $3M Fight With Insurer
• Judge OKs EMG's Mobile Internet Browsing Patent Suit
• Dai-Ichi Pledges $2B To Janus After Buying 20% Stake
• A Critique Of Chief Justice's Commerce Clause Analysis
• Calif. Court Says Insureds Can Stack Policies For Max Coverage
• NAIC's Force-Placed Market Inquiry Will Focus On Rates
• House GOP Calls For Probe Into Funding Of Health Reform Law
• Nixing Reimbursement Claim Undermines ERISA, Insurer Says
• Insurer Ducks Liability For Lending Co.'s Fraud Losses
• State Farm Sues To Dodge $9M Junk Fax Judgment
• Bond Insurers Say Stockton Is Favoring CalPERS In Ch. 9
• Aetna Hit With Suit Over New Specialty Pharmacy Network
• CFTC Member Floats Insurance Fund For Futures Co. Failures
• Conveyor Co. Sues Travelers, Others For Asbestos Coverage
• Humana Buys Employee Services Firm Harris Rothenberg
• BofA Calls AIG's $10.5B MBS Suit 'Cynical,' Implausible
• Texas Court Must Address Liability Exclusions Case: 5th Circ.
• High Court Asked To Hear Medicare Secondary Payor Dispute
• UK Reforms: A New Era In Criminal Cartel Enforcement?
• Top House Dems Push For FDIC Guarantee Program Extension
• Lloyd's-Visa Deal May Boost Coverage For Calif. Privacy Rows
• CFPB's Interest In Mortgage Insurance Could Cost Industry
• National Union Bests Empire Land Execs' D&O Suit
• BofA Counsel O'Melveny Warns Banks Of Potential Losses
• Daewoo Unloads $1.1B Stake In Korea Life Insurance Co.
• Pa. Judge Defends Forum Choice For Sandusky Coverage Row
• Travelers Can't See Settlement Analysis In $22.5M Injury Suit
• 10 Tips For Pursuing Claims After Construction Accidents
• Employers Say ACA Will Hike Their Health Costs: Report
• Allstate Faces Suit Over Deferred Annuities Penalties
• Rockwell Gets Green Light To Seek Asbestos Coverage
• Electronic Transfer Rules Could Save Up To $9B, HHS Says
• FRB Cleared In Early Release Of Volcker Rule Draft
• Travelers Sues To Avoid Trayvon Martin Claim
• 5th Circ. Bolsters Excess Insurers' Late-Notice Claims
• Hartford Drops Coverage Fight Over $20M Fuel Gel Suit
• Insurer Says Developers On Their Own In Nev. Class Action
• House Committee Seeks Volcker Alternative
• RSUI Doesn't Have To Cover 2008 Manhattan Crane Collapse
• Fed. Circ. Partly Nixes AllCare Fees Award In Highmark IP Row
• US Claims Notre Dame, Others Can't Fight Contraception Rule
• Reps. Float OT Exemption To Speed Up Disaster Claims
• A Viable Bad Faith Argument Comes To NJ
• Hub Claims 2 Ex-Employees Stole Trade Secrets For Rival
• 2nd Circ. Lets Citigroup Off Hook For 9/11 Legal Fees
• Fed Fines MetLife Bank $3.2M Over 'Unsound' Foreclosures
• MetLife Misled Investors On AG's 'Death List' Probe: Suit
• Travelers Ordered To Defend Hospital In Sex Abuse Suits
• Fidelity Policies Appear Flexible In 6th Circ. Theft Ruling
• LA Demands FCA Defense Costs From AIG Affiliate
• NY Sees Possible Consumer Risk In Life Insurance Captives
• 5th Circ. Upholds Negligence Claims In Katrina Insurance Row
• Calif. Court Says Landlord Owes Axis Insurance $2.4M
• The Careful Analysis Of 'Advertising Injury' Claims
• Trio Who Admitted Selling Fake Policies Sent To Prison
• BDO Seidman Denied Coverage For $55M In Punitive Damages
• CFPB Probing AIG, Others Over Mortgage Insurance Deals
• Texas Wind, Hail Insurer Needs Improvement, Report Says
• Oxford Health Asks High Court To Block Class Arbitration
• State Regulators Want FDIC Guarantee Program Extended
• Zurich, Amerisure Avoid Tab In Cement Cos.' Antitrust Suits
• Injunction Can't Ax Dismissal Bid In Contraception Suit: US
• Lexington Wants No Part In $285M Pella Class Action
• Hartford Can't Shake Claims Of Inflated Insurance Costs
• Velsicol Chemical Wants Chartis To Cover Cleanups At 3 Sites
• Schrodinger's Tax: Opening The 'Obamacare' Box
• House GOP Slams IRS On Federal Health Exchange Subsidies
• AIG Sued For Tapping 3rd Party Before Making Insured Whole
• GOP Bill To Curb Dodd-Frank Rule Risks Repeat Of 2008
• New MGIC Biz In Limbo As Wis. Opposes Freddie Mac Rules
• Diet Aid Co.'s Insurance Claim Not Time-Barred, 5th Circ. Told
• Louisiana-Pacific Can Seek Only $2M In Faulty Heater Case
• DLA Piper Hires Blank Rome Gov't Relations Ace In Philly
• Ex-County Officials Plead Guilty In Kickback Scandal
• Judge Endorses Settlement In ROA Racketeering MDL
• Fla., Texas Lead In Shady Medicare Billing For Home Care
• Arbitrating Cigna Sex Bias Suit Limits Rights, Worker Says
• Broadening The Duty To Defend In The 1st Circuit
• Transocean Insurers Launch New Suit Over BP Spill Claims
• Insurer Revisits 5th Circ. Win After Uproar Over Exclusions
• Texas Mulls How To Fund ACA, Seeks Feds' Input On Exchanges
• Traub Lieberman Expands To LA With Insurance, PL Team
• Futures Insurance Seen As Band-Aid For Brokerage Failures
• States Struggle To Prep Medicaid Expansion, GAO Says
• Insurer Rails Against Stockton's Request For $100M Writedown
• States Eye Whether Mass. Health Cost Bill Is Tough Enough
• Chartis Can't Arbitrate Claims That Client Didn't Pay Dues
• Locke Lord Steers Torchmark's $219M Insurer Acquisition
• Banking Groups Say Cybersecurity Bill Will Burden Industry
• Unclaimed Property Compliance And The Insurance Industry
• GOP Declares War On Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies