Insurance Archive » December, 2012

Insurance - December, 2012

187 articles

• Cigna Ordered To Reform Pension Plan In Long-Running Suit
• Prudential Suit Over $523M In JPMorgan RMBS Returned To NJ
• Jury Sides With CSX On Asbestos Lawyer Fraud Claims
• 2nd Circ.'s Olin Ruling Could Prove Costly For Insurers
• 5th Circ. Says US Botched $43M Medicare Fraud Calculation
• Suit Over Farmers 'Short Rate' Policy Revived
• How To Structure Your Excess Insurance Program
• Sidley Austin Guides Apollo Unit In $1.8B Aviva USA Buy
• NJ School Bribery Conspirators To Pay $4.3M Restitution
• Judge Ends $2B Benefits Action Against Halliburton, Insurers
• 10th Circ. Won't Let Christian Cos. Duck Contraception Rule
• Select Comfort Sues Insurer For Sleepy's Suit Coverage
• Bulk Of MetLife, Other Insurers' Suit Over Madoff Feeder Nixed
• Nelson Mullins Welcomes Back Insurance Vet
• 10th Circ. Revives Thyssen Mine Collapse Coverage Suit
• OneBeacon Must Defend Law Firm In Dish Malpractice Suit
• Cigna Fights Class Cert. Over Autism Coverage At 3rd Circ.
• Del Monte Seeks $14M From Kraft, RJR For Pollution Cleanup
• Critical Insurance Coverage Issues And Cases Of 2012
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• 7th Circ. Says CERCLA Suit Against Enviro-Chem Can Proceed
• Insurers Tell 9th Circ. No Ad Injury In MGA's Bratz Fight
• 2nd Circ. Puts Olin Insurer On Hook For Plant's Enviro Harm
• Transocean Says BP Win Would Exhaust Its Spill Coverage
• AIG, Allstate Top List Of Insurers Hardest Hit By Sandy
• DC Circ. Shelves Contraception Suit To Await ACA Rule
• How To Protect Your Business From Natural Disaster
• Debevoise Reps Markel In $3B Buy Of Rival Insurer Alterra
• Millenium Lumber Can't Shake $2M Export Permit Suit
• Momentive Gets Partial Win In Brazil Spill Coverage Suit
• Lehman Sues For Coverage Of $288M Lending Fraud Losses
• Cuomo Veto Of Hit-And-Run Insurance Bill Irks Trial Lawyers
• Anheuser-Busch Unit Sues Insurer Over Resort Mold Damage
• Spanish Bank To Pay Aviva $804M To Settle JV Dispute
• Hartford Financial Can't Escape Suit Over Management Fees
• Judge Combines Suits As Investors Vie For Insurance Polices
• Standard Life Wins $162M To Cover Damage Control Payouts
• Potential Emerging Risk Of Concussion Claims To Insurers
• Calif. High Court's 2nd Stab At Henkel Could Help M&A
• Expected Asbestos Losses For Insurers Climb By $10B
• Ore. Is 1st State To Adopt Fraud-On-The-Market Theory
• Texas Bill Would Lift Mortgage Guaranty Liability Cap
• Geico Sold Auto Policies Below NJ Legal Minimums, Suit Claims
• Ex-NJ Mayor Admits To Tax Evasion Via Insurance Bribes
• WaMu Units Escape From Insurers' MBS Fraud Suit
• Miss. Gov. Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Noneconomic Damages Cap
• Insurer Tells 3rd Circ. 'Kids For Cash' Facilities Not Covered
• GOP Lawmakers Keep Up Pressure In ACA Subsidy Probe
• Broker Negotiated Policy With No Sandy Coverage, NJ Co. Says
• Aspen Claims No Duty In $40M Corrupt Mortgage Class Action
• Aviva Beats Class Action Over Benefit Plan's Tax Claims
• Domino's Pizza Founder Sues Over ACA Contraception Mandate
• Allianz To Pay $12.3M To Settle Indonesian Bribery Claims
• Utica Denied Injunction In Reinsurer Confidentiality Row
• Up To 18 States And DC Will Run Insurance Exchanges
• Skadden Aids Guggenheim's $1.4B Sun Life Annuity Unit Buy
• AIG To Sell Off $6.7B Stake In Asian Insurer
• Private Health Care Opportunities In Latin America
• Insurer Sues Dewey Execs Over Losses On $35M Notes
• 1st Circ. Nixes Clothier's Win In Insurance Coverage Row
• Insurers Blast IAIS' Too-Big-To-Fail Policy Proposal
• Olin Asks 2nd Circ. To Uphold $14M Award In Pollution Suits
• Aetna Health Records System Infringes 10 Patents, Suit Says
• US Nets $7.6B In Public Offering For Its Last AIG Shares
• Jury Clears Southern Union In $56M Suit Over Refinery Fire
• ACA Contraception Rule Brings Lawsuit Risk, DC Circ. Told
• Madoff Victims Lose Bid For Homeowners Policy Coverage
• Chevron Pays Utah $1.8M To Exit Coverage Suit
• Finance Council Names No SIFIs At Year-End Meeting
• MetLife, Investor Pay $730M For Constitution Center
• US Faces Tough Balancing Act On Multistate Health Plans
• Flood Victims Sue Insurers Over Irene, Sandy Coverage
• MBIA Ignored Risks Of $22B In MBS, Countrywide Atty Says
• Blue Cross Antitrust Lawsuits Combined In MDL
• Continental Fights Bad Faith Claims In FCA Coverage Battle
• Pa. Consumer Law Doesn't Ensure Jury Trial, Court Says
• Lawmaker Asks HHS To Rethink Essential Benefits Rules
• Dems Accuse GOP Of Posturing On ACA Exchanges, Medicaid
• Best Buy, DDR Settle Insurance Dispute Over Mall Leases
• Westernbank D&Os Lose Review Bid In $176M FDIC Suit
• Budget, Rule Disputes Kill FDIC Guarantee Extension Bill
• The Scope Of Bankruptcy Court Power In Light Of Bellingham
• A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
• US Bancorp Can't Dodge Insurer's MBS Suit
• In UK Howden Ruling, A Warning For Forum Shopping Insurers
• Countrywide MBS Breaches 'Incontestable,' MBIA Atty Says
• Contractor Loses $1.5M FCCI Steel Railing Coverage Fight
• Pa. Gov. Won't Establish State Health Insurance Exchange
• Pa. High Court Snubs Appeal Over Police Retiree Benefit Cuts
• Ambac, MBIA Seek Jury Trials In Credit Suisse Fraud Suits
• Insurance MVP: Simpson Thacher's Mary Kay Vyskocil
• Judge Seeks More Info In Enviro Suit Coverage Battle
• Lenders Cut Red Tape For Sandy Insurance Payments
• Fidelity Southern Sues For Coverage Of Overdraft Fee Case
• Insurer, Law Firm Settle Coverage Row Over Malpractice Suit
• Creditor Demands Financial Probe Of Bankrupt County
• Ga. Archdiocese Can't Fight ACA Contraception Rule, US Says
• 6 Steps To Handling Data Breaches During The Holidays
• Utah Gov. Urges Obama To OK State's Insurance Exchange
• Bondholders Slam CalPERS' Attempt To Sue San Bernardino
• Gastar Says HCC, Axis Should Cover Mare Investment Suits
• 2nd Circ. Says Interstate Must Defend Welding Co.
• Alliant Execs Who Left Aon Want NY Suit Sent Out West
• GSK Asks Supreme Court To Weigh Double Avandia Damages
• Insurance Checklist For Mergers And Acquisitions
• NFL, Insurers Spar Again Over Concussion Suit Forum
• Insurance MVP: O'Melveny's Tancred Schiavoni
• FDIC Guarantee Program Extension Moves To Full Senate Vote
• NY Appeals Holds Investors Can't Claim Phony Madoff Gains
• Chamber Wants Delay In ACA Exchange, Insurer Rules
• Indian Harbor Loses Bid To Keep $2.3M Landfill Dispute In SC
• Agency Info Protected In Grumman Pollution Row, Judge Says
• Millennium Labs Sues Insurers Over Kickback Suit Coverage
• Treasury Eyes Sale Of Final AIG Shares
• Insurance MVP: Latham & Watkins' Brook Roberts
• US, UK Plan For Failed Banks May Not Curb Regulator Fights
• Lawmakers Turn Focus On Possible ACA Contractor Conflicts
• HHS OKs State Insurance Exchange Plans, Tenn. Bows Out
• WellPoint Defeats Final Claims In Premium Hike Class Action
• States Won't Get Full Pay For Partial Medicaid Expansion: CMS
• Obama Seeks $9.7B More For Post-Sandy Flood Insurance
• First American Refi Rate Class Decertified Under Dukes
• AIG Says Reporter's Docs Push Threatens Government Deals
• Insurer Must Cover Warhol Foundation's $4.6M In Legal Fees
• NY Court Upholds Union Carbide's Asbestos Coverage Ruling
• AIG Jet Leasing Biz Valued At $5B In Sale To Chinese Cos.
• How To Maximize A Nonprofit's Insurance Coverage
• Insurers Seek Arbitration For Hostess' Collateral Request
• AIG Eyes Sale Of Jet Leasing Biz
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Standard For 'Unreasonable' IP Cases
• High Court Takes Oxford Class Arbitration Appeal
• Verizon Workers Can't Stop $7.5B Pension Plan Transfer
• Auto-Owners Must Cover Junk-Fax Suit, Mich. Court Says
• Insurance MVP: Anderson Kill's Robert Horkovich
• Media Outlet Sues HHS For Minn. Medicaid Documents
• Insurer Says Chinese Drywall Coverage Row Belongs in Fla.
• Zurich Wants Out Of Covering Aluminum Co.'s Defect Defense
• Goldman, CIFG Head To Mediation In $275M MBS Fight
• Aetna Reaches $120M Deal To Settle Underpayment Claims
• BofA Ducks Insurers' MBS Fraud Suit But Countrywide On Hook
• Sandy's Environmental Impacts: Cleanup Has Just Begun
• Kaiser Loses Bid To Toss Ex-Worker's False Claims Case
• NJ Lawmakers Mull Insurance Picture After Sandy
• Insurer Balks At NewPage Ch. 11 Plan Over Asbestos Policies
• Continental On Hook For Technicolor Cleanup Court Costs Only
• Insurer Fires Back At MLB Club's 6th Circ. Fatality Appeal
• 7th Circ. Keeps Northwestern Mutual Annuity Row in US Court
• NY Archdiocese Allowed To Fight Contraception Mandate
• JPMorgan Seeks Dismissal Of Syncora, Assured Cases
• Christie Vetoes NJ Insurance Exchange, Citing Lack Of Info
• 10 Tips For Law Firms Buying Cybersecurity Insurance
• Calif. Ruling Reveals High Bar For RESPA Class Actions
• Insurer Claims Goldman Misrepresented Failed $325M CDO
• Ex-Mutual Benefits Exec Deemed Mentally Fit For Trial
• Judge Pares Counterclaims In Ponzi Scheme Coverage Row
• NY Law Doesn't Block $70M BofA Fraud Suit: Concord Atty
• OPM Details Multistate Health Plans On ACA Exchanges
• HMOs Needn't Pay When 3rd-Party Cos. Fail, Aetna Tells Court
• Attaching A Copy Of Policy Upon Renewal: Insurers' Duty?
• HSBC Swings $9.4B Deal For Ping An Stake
• Appeals Highlight EU Battle Over Cartel Document Access
• Iowa's Construction Insurance Ruling May Sway Other States
• Utah Claims BP Double-Dipped Into State Insurance Fund
• IFIC, US Fire Win $7M Suit Over Manhattan Bridge Repairs
• FTC Official Justifies Tough Hospital Merger Enforcement
• 2 Austin Boutique Firms Combine Forces
• Century Loses Bid For Fresh Look At Superfund Ruling
• Tragedy Prompts Top NY Court To Back Marine Insurance Bill
• Okla. Has No Standing For ACA Challenge, DOJ Says
• Ace Rips Reinsurer's Bid To Back Out Of Subsidiary Buy
• Travelers, St. Paul Fight Coverage of W.Va. 'Pill Mill' Suit
• Airlines Denied Win In Lessee's Suit Over 9/11 Destruction
• Glass-Steagall Revival Wouldn't Curb Crises, Fed Gov. Says
• Ga. Supreme Court's Take On Waiver And Estoppel
• The Mediation Advocate's Bill of Rights
• Citgo Denied $40M Insurance Claim On Enviro Suits
• Southern Union Owes $19M For Plant Fire, Insurers Tell Jury
• NJ Judge Moves Lockheed Martin Navy Contract Suit To Md.
• SanDisk Sues Zurich Over $63M Power Loss Coverage
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Contractor, Travelers Face Suit Over Gov't Construction Delays
• NAIC Adopts Principles-Based Reserving, Picks New Leaders
• 5th Circ. Lets Liberty Off Hook In Drilling Coverage Suit
• Blue Cross Can't Escape Suit Over Favored-Nation Deals
• BofA Seeks To Keep Fontainebleau Loan Info Confidential
• OneBeacon Sues Kone, Liberty Mutual Over Asbestos Coverage
• Post-Sandy Flood Damage: Insurance Brokers May Be Liable