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Insurance - April, 2013

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• NC Assembly Clears Ban On Favored Nations In Health Deals
• Aetna Skirts Docs' False Ad Claim In Reimbursement Fight
• NJ High Court Eyes Insurers' Liability In Coverage Deals
• 6th Circ. Gives ProMedica Another Shot At FTC Suit Coverage
• Fla. House Democrats Stall Session Over Medicaid Fight
• NJ High Court To Weigh Bad Faith Claims Brought After Trial
• Jury Clears Electrolux In Insurer's Dryer Defect Suit
• Insurers Get More Time To Apply For Health Exchanges
• 3rd. Circ. Says Premises Exclusion Bars Injury Coverage
• Lloyd's, Others Want Out Of $53M Contractor Coverage Suit
• Bipartisan Bill Would Expand ACA's Religious Exemption
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Meghan Magruder
• Brooklyn Complex Owner Seeks $20M In Sandy Coverage
• What To Know About ACA Collective Bargaining
• Fla. Senate Stands Firm Behind $50B Medicaid Alternative
• Goldman Sachs Asks 2nd Circ. To Kill MBS Suit
• 4th Circ. Upholds Forfeitures In Health Fraud Case
• 4th Circ. Remands A&O Fraudster's 60-Year Sentence
• Blue Shield, Quest Say Lab Monopoly Suit Doesn't Hold Water
• Merck Escapes Suits Over Prescription Copay Coupons
• NY Top Court Eyes Coverage Denials Tied To Disgorgement
• JPMorgan Tears Into Insurer's $100M Bear Stearns CDO Suit
• Highmark's $1.1B Deal For West Penn Clears Final Hurdle
• Simpson Thacher, Weil Steered AIG From $56B Suit, Starr Says
• Insurers Face $21M Suit Over Jet Detained In Russia
• Greenwich Stuck In Deutsche Bank Cleanup Coverage Row
• Chubb Wants Full Panel Review Of 9th Circ. Superfund Loss
• Ambac Set To Exit Bankruptcy After $102M IRS Deal Gets Nod
• Q&A With Faegre Baker's Ernie Summers
• FAQs On Franchise Development Insurance
• NY AG Drops Damages Bid In Suit Against Ex-AIG Chief
• AIG Gets Subprime Class Action Pared Down
• Insurers Needn't Cover Old Lead Contamination, Court Told
• Lawmaker Pushes For Acceptance Of Private Flood Coverage
• Insurer Balks At Defending Hospital In Dirty Endoscope Suit
• Ticketmaster's $4M Insurance Suit Reinstated By 9th Circ.
• UPMC Blasts Highmark's Bid For Sanctions In Antitrust Row
• Pa. Uninsured Auto Coverage Must Equal Injury Limits
• White House Names FTC's Shelanski To Lead Oversight Body
• Fla. House Passes Alternative To Medicaid Expansion
• Watchdog Calls For IRS To Step Up ACA Implementation
• QBE, BofA Conspired To Rip Off Mortgage Holders, Suit Says
• Kaiser Permanente Hit With TCPA Suit Over Unsolicited Calls
• Mass. Demands Swift Action On Boston Bombing Claims
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Russ Yager
• Pa. Makes Its Mark On Chinese Drywall Dispute
• Citigroup Appeals For Coverage In $55M Mexican Land Gaffe
• National Union Off Hook For $350M UnitedHealth Settlement
• MBIA Suit Over $1B Sports Venue Bonds Tossed
• HHS Accused Of Playing Favorites With Health Reform Rules
• NY Top Court Takes Up Post-Judgment Policy Exclusion Bid
• Syncora Didn't Evaluate Risky MBS, JPMorgan Says
• Attys See Teachable Moment In Greenberg Insider Probe
• Insurer Sues Power Plant Contractors Over Blast Coverage
• CIFG, Syncora Lose Appeal Of $1.8B MBS Suit In NY Court
• Fla. House Shoots Down Medicaid Expansion
• CIFG's MBS Claims Not Specific To Insured Loans, BofA Says
• Greenberg Traurig Grilled On Ties To Political Intel Firms
• Ambac Keeping Mum On End Of Board Nominee Crony Dispute
• Chicago Insurance Dodges Legal Malpractice Suit Coverage
• Hartford Fire Cut Loose From $5M Fight With DirecTV Installer
• Insurer Launches $5.7M Suit Over DuPont Herbicide
• Cuomo Moves To Protect Credit Scores Of Sandy Victims
• Q&A With LeClairRyan's Scott Bermack
• 3 Courts Weigh In On Faulty Workmanship Coverage
• FIO Asks Stakeholders To Weigh In On New Insurance Report
• NY Turns To Insurers To Battle Meningitis Outbreak
• P&G Challenges $2.2B OneBeacon Sale Over Liability Worries
• Fla. Cuts $230M Tax Credit For Insurance Companies
• First Suits Over Texas Plant Explosion Trickle In
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apax Partners, Icahn, Riverstone
• Texas Plant Blast Likely Caused $100M In Insured Losses
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Koorosh Talieh
• GOP Reps. Blast Administration Over ACA Implementation
• Lead Attys Named In Blue Cross Antitrust MDL
• Chicago Insurance Looks To Duck Asbestos Defense Coverage
• Why The Auto-Owners V. Second Chance Ruling Is Unique
• Fla. Senate Panel Clears Medicaid Expansion Alternatives
• News Corp.'s $139M Deal May Make For Pricier D&O Coverage
• Highmark Objects To Giving UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs
• 11th Circ. Puts Brakes On $5M Geico Auto Repair Suit
• Archdiocese Pulls Back Bid For Contraception Mandate Docs
• Paulson Can't Escape $120M Abacus Suit, Insurer Says
• Stryker's New Claims Over XL Settlement Meet Resistance
• Quinn Emanuel Swipes Skadden's 'Queen Of Toxic Torts'
• $80M Ruling For IndyMac Insurers Too Broad, 9th Circ. Hears
• Insurers Lose Sanctions Bid In Sunken Cement Barge Case
• Q&A With Anderson Kill's William Passannante
• Dewey Reaches $19.5M Settlement With Ex-Chairman, Insurer
• Sen. Wants Health Insurers' ACA Fees Disclosed To Patients
• Be Wary Of Your Insurer's Defense Cost Guidelines
• Risks Of 'Patent Troll' Insurance May Slow Adoption
• NY Hands A Key To Policyholders Seeking Post-Suit Docs
• Idaho High Court Boosts Coverage Of Attys' Fee Awards
• Tom Hanks' Insurance Broker Cops To Mail Fraud
• Travelers Dodges Defense Of Waste Co.'s Tussle With EPA
• Settlements Start Clock On UIM Arbitration: Appeals Court
• Q&A With Faegre Baker's Scott Kosnoff
• Greenberg Ends Political Intel Biz Amid Insider Trading Probe
• Terrorism Risk Insurance Act — To Renew Or Not To Renew
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Co., TPG, Billabong
• UCL Case Against Calif. Insurer May Fuel Bad-Faith Suits
• 9th Circ. Says Medicare Plan Can't Sue Geico For Hospital Bills
• Assurant, Citibank Try To Sink Force-Placed Insurance Claims
• Class Cert. Denied In Fla. Insurance Hike Action
• Aetna Needn't Pay $13M Owed By Processor: Texas High Court
• Highmark Hospital Antitrust Suit Halted Amid Affiliation Deal
• NJ Pure Can't Quash Rival Malpractice Insurer's Ads
• $4M Caremark Deal Not Tied To Fee Row, Whistleblower Says
• FLSA Claims Push Highmark OT Suit Into Federal Court
• FDIC Suit Blames Fla. Bank's Failure On Its Executives
• Fla. Medicaid Alternative Bill Advances Amid ACA Skepticism
• Texas Justices To Consider 3rd-Party Restitution To Insurers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, IBM, Lloyds
• 8th Circ. Foils Insurer's Bid To Arbitrate Plant Collapse Fight
• Humana Fires Greenberg Traurig Amid Medicare Leak Probe
• 2nd Circ. Grants AIG's Bid To Transfer $10B BofA MBS Suit
• Four Loko Maker Clamors For Personal Injury Suit Coverage
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Kirk Pasich
• So You Think You Have Replacement Cost Coverage ...
• Calif. Ruling Protects Brokers From Disgruntled Outsiders
• New York Bank Regulator To Examine Compliance Consultants
• Prudential Policyholders Lose 2nd Round In 'Death Spiral' Row
• Grupo Mexico Pulled Back Into Insurer's $12M Asbestos Suit
• Fla. Senate Panel Votes To Cut $230M Insurers Tax Credit
• UnitedHealth Verdict May Spur HMOs To Toughen Doc Reviews
• Travelers Says Hospital Billed $9M In Fraudulent Charges
• Montgomery On Its Own In Hyundai Land Suits, Insurer Argues
• Insurers Win Bid To Return Avandia, Paxil Suits To Pa. Court
• Deadly Texas Blast Likely Covered By Insurance, Group Says
• Progressive Patent Suit Stayed Pending AIA Review
• 3 Ways To Leverage Internet Access During Trial
• GOP Reps. Blast ACA, Tell Sebelius It's 'Simply Not Working'
• Pipeline Co. Facing $50M Claims Sues Insurer Over Attys
• Travelers Off Hook For Employee Theft Row, NY Court Says
• Force-Placed Insurer QBE To Pay $10M In NY Probe
• Q&A With Baker Donelson's Lee Harrell
• Takeaways From 2nd-Ever Bermuda Form Insurance Case
• Fla. Senate Panel Passes Dueling Health Care Expansion Plans
• DC Circ. Won't Block ACA Rule On Medicare Referral System
• TWIA Urges Texas Appeals Court To Reinstate Law Firm
• Lloyd's May Bring All-Sums Ruling To Mo. High Court's Door
• Mercury Insurance Can't Dodge Suit Over Recorded Calls
• Wells Fargo Deal Doesn't Bar Mortgage Fraud Suit, US Says
• West American Sinks Appeal Over MRI Kickback Suit Coverage
• 11th Circ. Says Duo Must Seek $3M Crash Payout In Germany
• AXA Wants Union Claims Revived In $1.5B ING Unit Purchase
• Insurer Pounces To Protect 'Wild Kingdom' Trademark
• Fla. Senate Panel Clears Bill To Strengthen State FCA
• LFG Trustee Wants Experian Sanctioned For Conflict Claim
• Chicago Says Allianz Must Cover SkyWest's $2M Crash Suit
• Nationwide Insurance Deputy GC Jumps To Nelson Levine
• ING Looks To Raise $1.5B Selling Stake In US Unit
• Health Insurer Dodges TCPA Suit Over Job Recruitment Calls
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Tim Burns
• Clinics Win Class Cert. In Coventry Workers' Comp Dispute
• The Harry Potter Of Insurance: M&A Reps And Warranties
• Texas Lawmakers Weigh Bill To Preserve Windstorm Insurer
• 7th Circ. Warns Firms Not To Sleep On Malpractice Coverage
• Mo. Appeals Court Reinstates $62M Lloyd's Pollution Verdict
• 11th Circ. Follows Fla. Court's Lead On Economic Loss Rule
• Bankruptcy Exclusion Bars $103M Hotel Claim, Chartis Says
• Kaiser Triumphs In Union Campaign Pay Suit
• Ga. Law Firm Can't Dodge $1M Mineral Lease Contract Suit
• Insurers Must Defend Illinois Tool In Slew Of Toxic Tort Suits
• Jefferson County Judge Halts $378M JPMorgan Coverage Suit
• Cigna-Insured Judge Denies Conflict In Reduced Benefits Suit
• Medicaid Expansion Approved By Ark. House
• West Penn Says $1.6B Highmark Deal Will End Antitrust Suit
• Inside The Supreme Court Review Of Oxford Health
• State National Seeks To Escape Coverage Of $84M Data Breach
• Q&A With Mintz Levin's Kim Marrkand
• Bringing Japan Into TPP Talks Is An Important Opportunity
• How A Product Liability Case May Impact Your Insurance
• 11th Circ. Asks Fla. Justices To Clarify Workers' Comp Limits
• Pumping Oil Into Tanks Counts As Discharge, 2nd Circ. Hears
• PE Firm Madison Dearborn Inks $1.3B Deal To Buy NFP
• Insurer Fights Covering Full $24M Daycare Sex Abuse Deal
• High Court To Mull Time Limits For ERISA Disability Claims
• Catholic Group's Suit Over Contraception Rule Nixed for Now
• Deals Rumor Mill: ING, Bain Capital, Clearwire
• Aetna Avoids Arbitration Of Suit Over $99K Ear Wax Removal
• Ex-Giants Player Charged With $1.5M Insurance Fraud
• Judge Resigns From Review Of $120M Aetna Antitrust Deal
• AIG Dodges Coverage Suit Over $1.4B Ameron Energy Project
• Assured Disputes Bad-Faith Ruling Over Stockton Bankruptcy
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Marc Tepper
• Contractor Says Insurer's Settlement Denial Cost It Millions
• Big Banks Face $440M Tab For Fed Oversight
• High Court Won't Mull Double Avandia Damages For Insurers
• A How-To Guide For Insurance Coverage Mediators
• Alstom Seeks Arbitration In $33M Fight With Insurer
• Tyson Axes Claims Against Marsh In Antitrust MDL
• Penn State Insurer Wins Bid To Move Sandusky Coverage Case
• Wells Fargo Says Rate Rule Bars Force-Placed Insurance Suit
• Reports Of Death Of Fla. Economic Loss Rule Are Exaggerated
• Taylor Bean Ex-Honcho Owes Insurer $1M, 4th Circ. Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Heineken, Marubeni, Apax Partners
• US Backs Japan's Inclusion In Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
• Fla. House Unveils Medicaid Alternative Plan
• Cigna Sued By Clinic Over Out-Of-Network Coverage
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Stacey McGraw
• Insurance Cos. Blame $20M Turbine Failure On Siemens
• Don't Let Your Additional Insured Coverage Be A Mystery
• FDIC To Repay Banks Billions For Prepaid Assessments
• Apax, Morgan Stanley Exploring $2B Sale Of Hub Int'l
• $2M Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Row Sent To Arbitration
• Ticketmaster Asks 9th Circ. To Revive $4M Coverage Suit
• 9/11 Plaintiffs' Attys Demand Full Fees In 2nd Circ.
• 11th Circ. Weighs How To Split Fee Award Among 3 Firms
• MGA Isn't Owed Bratz IP Coverage, Insurers Tell 9th Circ.
• BofA Withheld Insurance Funds, Homeowners Claim
• BofA Can't Escape Reinsurance Pay-To-Play Class Action
• Despite Builder Wins, Insurers Won't Mess With 'Occurrence'
• NJ Fund Sues State National For Zoning Dispute Coverage
• Hermitage Wants Out Of $20M Silica Exposure Suit Coverage
• Juror's Google Search Gets Entire Pool Tossed From Trial
• Attys Anxious For Clarity On Stern May Be In For Long Wait
• Sen. Urges Support For States Pioneering ACA Exchanges
• Q&A With Anderson Kill's Robert Horkovich
• Deals Rumor Mill: Benckiser, 3i Group, Heineken
• La. Court Reverses AIG Unit's Win In $8.7M Pollution Fight
• NJ Court Should Handle Hexcel Pollution Row, Judge Says
• What's In A (Tropical Storm's) Name?
• AIG Investors Get Nod For $115M Deal With Ex-Honchos
• Highmark Should Give UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs: Report
• Obama Budget Proposes Big Change For Foreign Reinsurance
• Cooper University Health Picks Up Stake In AmeriHealth NJ
• Goldman Can't Duck Prudential's $375M RMBS Fraud Suit
• Texas Man Who Sold Fake Insurance Policies Gets 10 Years
• Pa. High Court Upholds Maverick Steel Win In Stadium Row
• National Union Sued Over $40M Coverage In Negligence Row
• Health Insurance Co. Charged In $9M Va. Tech Fraud
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Andre Cronthall
• Calif. Plumbs The Depths Of Water Damage Exclusions
• UnitedHealth Hit With $500M Punitives Verdict In Hep C Case
• Calif. Court Shows Insurers How To Duck Policy-Stacking Rule
• State Farm Defrauded Flood Program After Katrina, Jury Finds
• Insurers Say They Don't Owe Defense In Text Spam Action
• Prudential Denied $7M Tax Refund For Bad Calculation
• Penn States Fires Back At Insurer's Bid For Sanctions
• Farmers Unit Freed From Policy Stacking Rule In Calif. Case
• Q&A With Mintz Levin's Heidi Lawson
• The Road That Led To Standard Fire V. Knowles
• Nev. Can't Bar RRG's Minimum Auto Insurance: 9th Circ.
• $102M IRS Deal Moves Ambac Closer To Exiting Ch. 11
• Lift Rental Co. Can't Reap Wrongful Death Coverage: 7th Circ.
• No State Farm Conspiracy In Katrina FCA Suit, Judge Rules
• Insurer Owes Lawn Care Co. $2M For Faulty Vacuum Suit
• Chartis Can't Dodge Junk Fax Coverage, 11th Circ. Told
• Ala. Won't Enforce ACA Insurance Protections, Gov. Says
• $1.6B Highmark-West Penn Merger Backed By Consultants
• Lance Armstrong Says Insurer's $12M Suit Barred By Deal
• Scottsdale Owes Wrinkle Treatment Injury Defense, Coapt Says
• AIG, US Say Starr Lacks Standing In $56B Suit Over Bailout
• Liberty Mutual Sues Contractor's CPA Over $50M Losses
• Union Fund Hits Reckitt With Suboxone Antitrust Suit
• Cigna, Clinics Escape FCA Suit Over Patient Perks
• Q&A With Katten's Michael Verde
• NRG Energy Shells Out $244M For Texas Plant
• A Sea Change For Risk Transfer
• MetLife Death Benefit Row Requires Board Action, Atty Argues
• CFPB Shines Harsh Spotlight On Shady Reinsurance Deals
• Chubb Owes Bank No Coverage For $17M Fraud, 7th Circ. Says
• CenturyLink Workers Say They Lost Benefits For Unionizing
• Liberty's ACA Challenge Jumps The Gun, 4th Circ. Hears
• Ambac Creditors Will Stay Out Of Board Member Fight
• Jury Orders UnitedHealth To Pay $24M Over Hep C Outbreak
• Papa John's Says AIG Exclusion Is Invalid In TCPA Row
• Security Co. Blasts Lilly Insurer's $80M Drug Theft Suit
• Highmark Seeks Sanctions For 'Baseless' UPMC Antitrust Suit
• JM Huber Sues CNA Units For Coverage Of Oil Pollution Suit
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Tony Jones
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yankee Candle, Billabong, 3i
• Insurers Too Must Heed Iran Sanctions
• Doctor Seeks $6.4M For Exclusion From Blue Cross Network
• $180M Is Plenty For 9/11 Lawyers, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Proposed Fla. Legislation Limits Policyholder Rights
• Lenders Face Hefty Fines In CFPB Mortgage Insurance Probe
• Pharmacists Urge Medicare Part D Plans To Follow CMS' Lead
• Comcast Kills Class Cert. In Overcharge Case, Title Co. Says
• Lloyd's Must Cover Malpractice Suit Over $7M Loss, Firm Says
• Top NY Court Nixes Starwood's Bid For $10M Chubb Coverage
• Fla. Lawmakers Propel $74B Budgets As Medicaid Row Looms
• Bear Stearns Hid CDO Risk Ahead Of $100M Loss, CIFG Says
• Insurer Skirts Coverage For $20M Fremont Mortgage Loss
• CFPB Issues $15M Fines Over Mortgage Insurance Kickbacks
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Deirdre Johnson
• Hospital Workers Stiffed On Health Care Payments, Suit Says
• No Defense Reimbursement For Insurers In Wash.
• 1st Circ. Rules Against Pfizer In 3 Neurontin RICO Suits
• State Plans To Privatize Medicaid Face Price Pressures
• Fed Rule Gives Regulators Cover To Boost Nonbank Scrutiny
• Lowenstein Sandler Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Insurance Partner
• HHS Aims To Lessen Insurers' Sway In Exchange Outreach
• NM Gov. OKs Space Travel Liability Law
• Atlantic Sues To Avoid Covering Condo Defect Claims
• Insurer Hits Credit Suisse With $250M MBS Fraud Suit
• Berkshire Unit Can't Shake Home Defect Coverage Suit
• Recent Guidance For Insurers On Counting Drywall Events
• Q&A With Haynes And Boone's Ernest Martin
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• BB&T's Fake Docs Led To Insurer's Takeover, Suit Says
• AIG Settles $350M CDO Suit Against Investment Firm ICP
• 5 Tips For Scoring Data Breach Coverage
• Countrywide Can't Shake $4B MBS Suit In NY Appeals Court
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Electrolux Win In Fridge Fire Row
• Board's Bad Work Caused $400M Hartford Loss, Investor Says
• Ambac Can't Compel Discovery In $641M JPMorgan MBS Suit
• NJ Looks To Promote Review Of Health Benefit Denials
• 7th Circ. Finds Law Firm Filed Malpractice Claim Too Late
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Peter Gillon
• Battle Lines Drawn Over Delay Of ACA 'Employee Choice' Rule
• David Lerner Loses Coverage For FINRA, Class Claims
• What Life Settlement Industry Should Know About HIPAA Rule
• AIG Unit Can't Exit Early From $69M Wildfire Coverage Suit
• Ex-MoFo IP Partner Disbarred In NY Over Billing Fraud
• In Reversal, CMS Will Boost Medicare Advantage Payments
• Lubrizol Can't Get Coverage For Pollution Cleanup Costs
• Insurer Off Hook For Accounting Biz's $259M Judgment Share
• Travelers Blames PwC For Embezzlement Scheme
• Jewish, Hindu Groups Back Contraception Rule In 6th Circ.
• National Union Told To Kick In For Valspar Benzene Defense
• Blue Cross Must Review Denied Autism Therapy Claims
• Q&A With Robinson & Cole's Greg Varga
• Blue Cross Accused Of Monopoly In Calif. Class Action
• EU Court's Take On Remuneration Of Insurance Brokers