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Insurance - September, 2013

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• Chubb Seeks High Court Review Of 9th Circ. Superfund Loss
• GMAC Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Gets Judge's OK
• Fla. Judge Fights State Panel's Ethics Charges
• Homeowners Defend $300M JPMorgan Force-Placed Deal
• 3 Vital Signs To Watch As ACA Marketplaces Debut
• Senate Nixes House Spending Resolution As Shutdown Looms
• Tenn. Agency Sued Over ACA Background Checks
• Insurers Can't Sue To Recoup Workers' Comp. Damages In Pa.
• The Flaws In Ga.'s Insured V. Insured Exclusion Ruling
• Insurers Want Out Of Suit Over Pipeline Lost To Sinkhole
• San Diego's Late Notice Nixes Enviro Coverage, NY Court Says
• Judge Dismisses Antitrust Suit Against UPMC, Highmark
• Pa. Justices Punt $100M Malpractice Insurance Fund Decision
• US Can't Seek Appeal In $55.5B Starr Suit Over AIG Bailout
• Insurer Fights Coverage Of Ticketing Co.'s Data Leak
• Rate Rule Frees Wells Fargo, QBE From Force-Placed Action
• Ark. Wins CMS Approval For Private Health Exchange
• New York Life Escapes $27M Suit Over Ties To Madoff Fund
• Calif. Physicians Ask Supreme Court To Halt Medicaid Cuts
• Miss. Regulator Sues US Over Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
• Reinsurers Can't Nix Utica's Bid To Keep Hunton Attys
• Admiral Ordered To Defend Against 9/11 Injury Suits
• Calif. Classes Fight Chase's $300M Fla. Force-Placed Deal
• Allstate Wins $7.7M For Fraudulent Chiropractic Claims
• Reps. Ask CMS To Examine Medicare Home Health Cuts
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs $3.7M Award In Fire Coverage Row
• Geico Investigators Win Cert. Of OT Collective Action
• Insurers Ask JPML To Merge Electrolux Dryer Fire Suits
• SC High Court Holds Indirect Damage Flows From 'Occurrence'
• Online Enrollment Delayed For ACA's Small Biz Exchanges
• NY Court Revives Title Coverage Claim Over Bogus Mortgage
• To Insurers' Dismay, Colo. Expands Notice-Prejudice Rule
• Ky. Fines Humana Over ACA-Skirting Policy Renewal Letters
• Insurer's MBS Fraud Claims Against BofA Pared
• Lawmaker Pushes EEOC For Wellness Program Guidelines
• Insurers On Hook For $1.75M In EMT Sex Abuse Lawsuits
• ACA Exchanges In Colo., DC Experience Technical Glitches
• Potomac Decision Signifies Stronger Defense For Insured
• Bankrupt Reliance Off The Hook For Pa. Warranty Claims
• Ala. High Court Rules Defective Work Isn't An Occurrence
• Liberty Mutual Unit Can't Dodge Pipeline Maker's Contract Suit
• Sunland Insurer Fights Coverage For Salmonella Suits
• Rainmaker Q&A: Conrad O'Brien's James Rohn
• HHS Unveils ACA Exchange Premiums Nationwide
• MetLife Affiliate Accused Of Pilfering Rival's Data
• NJ Court Upends Tolling Of Limitations Period In UIM Case
• 11th Circ. Upholds Businessman's Insurance Scam Conviction
• Ex-Wal-Mart Worker Asks High Court To Revive ERISA Suit
• Utica Slaps Reinsurer With $1M Suit Over Asbestos Deal
• Ethanol Plant Contractor Sues Over $4M Defect Settlement
• Fla. Developers Sue For Coverage Of $5M Condo Defect Suit
• Ex-School Guard Denied Coverage In Sex Assault Case
• Farmers Can't Tap NJ Guaranty Group For Enviro Coverage
• Hotel Group Urges Renewal Of Terrorism Insurance Program
• Fed. Circ. Revives Patent Suit Against State Farm
• ProAssurance Spends $205M To Buy Workers' Comp Insurer
• For-Profits Exempt From Birth Control Rule, DC Circ. Told
• Funeral Home Insurer Avoids Covering Wrongful Firing Suit
• Veteran Insurance Exec Joins Nelson Levine As Of Counsel
• Mead Johnson Seeks $13M False Ad Coverage In 7th Circ.
• State Farm Off Hook For Atty Costs In Property Damage Row
• State Farm Escapes Class Action Over Depreciation Formula
• Disparate Impact Discrimination Remains In The Spotlight
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• FTC Atty's Alleged Baby Buying Quip Can't Sink Suit
• Calif. Court Reverses State Farm's Win Against Developer
• WellCare Faces Class Cert. Bid In Junk Fax Suit
• A Snapshot Of The Anti-Bribery Enforcement Landscape
• Liberty Mutual Must Cover FEMA Fire Claims, 5th Circ. Hears
• Four Loko Maker Lobbies 7th Circ. In Feud With Insurers
• 1st Circ. Says NFIP Policies Must Be Strictly Enforced
• Homeowners Sue Insurer Over Sinkhole Coverage Denials
• Yet Another Reason To Consider Cyber Insurance
• Calif. Appeals Court's Marsh Ruling Widens Employer Liability
• DC Archdiocese Sues To Block Contraception Mandate
• Calif. Becomes 1st State To Set Rules For Ridesharing Cos.
• Stuck With SIFI Label, Prudential Faces Gloomy Outlook
• CMS Issues ACA Basic Health Plan Proposal
• Texas High Court To Mull 3rd-Party Subrogation Rights
• ACA Medicare Advantage Cuts May Disrupt Coverage: Insurers
• Hospital Fights State Farm's Car Crash Settlement Practice
• NJ Bill Would Arm Disaster Victims Against Insurer Bad Faith
• GOP Wants ACA Exchanges Delayed Over Privacy Concerns
• House Passes Spending Bill With ACA Defunding Clause
• Forum Clause Nixed In Ameren's $32M Reservoir Collapse Suit
• Oracle Execs Say Insurer Holding Up Investor Settlement
• Cigna Asks 3rd Circ. To Keep Coverage Suit In Arbitration
• When The Unknown Become Known In Wrongful Death Actions
• Jardine Lloyd Thompson Pays £156 For Towers Watson Unit
• How Lawyers Can Effectively Build A Reputation Online
• Calif. High Court To Hear Hartford Dispute Over Legal Tab
• DOJ Asks High Court To Settle Birth Control Mandate Fight
• 4 Ways To Make Sure Comments On Agency Rules Count
• Conyers Pushes Repeal Of Insurance Antitrust Exemption
• House Advances Spending Bill With ACA Defunding Clause
• Prudential's 'Systemic' Label Upheld By Regulators
• Fantasy Football Insurance: Busted Coverage
• Diamondbacks Player Sues MassMutual Over Excessive Policy
• Wells Fargo, Assurant Hit With Force-Placed Action
• NY Floats Regs Blocking Force-Placed Insurance Kickbacks
• Pepper Hamilton Hits Back At TV Host In Malpractice Row
• Lawmakers Mull Changes To Terrorism Insurance Backstop
• HHS Official Defends Insurance 'Navigators' In ACA Rollout
• Appeals Court Weighs Lloyd's Duty To Pay Oil Well Costs
• NY Seeks Extension On Federal Terrorism Coverage Backstop
• WTC Developers Can't Recover More Funds From Insurers
• Valve Maker's Asbestos Suits Each Covered, Judge Rules
• How In-House Counsel Avoid Breaking Bad As Biz Advisers
• 2nd Circ. Upholds New York Life Win In Wage Suit
• Medical Loss Ratio Rebates — 5 Tips For ERISA Sponsors
• GOP To Float Spending Bill That Would Defund ACA
• Agencies Launch Initiative To Protect ACA Exchange Data
• CMK Debuts In Chicago With 10-Attorney Insurance Team
• Walgreens Backs Private Health Exchange For 160K Workers
• Fla. Gov, NAMIC Jump Into Flood Insurance Rate Fight
• Nationals Urge Judge Not To Chuck Bogus Shortstop Suit
• UnitedHealth Accused Of Misusing Hospital Group's Mark
• Spitzer Escapes Marsh Exec's Defamation Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Rainmaker Q&A: DLA Piper's Stasia Kelly
• 6th Circ. Kills Bid To Block ACA Contraception Mandate
• NJ Prods Policyholders, Insurers To Hammer Out Global Deals
• NY Fed Asks 2nd Circ. To Kill Suit Over $100B AIG Bailout
• Insurers Sue Army For $1.4M Over 2010 Utah Wildfire
• Takeaways From Recent Cyberattack On New York Times
• Travelers Fights Cephalon Bid To Nix $22M Marketing Suit
• NY High Court To Rule On Fire Loss Sharing Clause
• Fla. Business Leaders Push For Medicaid Expansion
• Insurer Flouts Anti-Theft System Discount, Suit Says
• Ky. Hospital Sues Insurer For Coverage Of HIPAA Probe
• Post & Post Accused Of Botching $6M Malpractice Settlement
• Detroit Says Kirkland Atty Can't Testify In Syncora Row
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Amalgamated's Win In ERISA Pension Row
• Navy Sank $3M Contract Despite Bad Bond Probe, Suit Says
• Burned Dancer's $10M Deal Not Covered, Calif. Court Says
• Cigna Asks 2nd Circ. To Reverse Benefit Plan Changes
• American Equity Investors Get Nod On Fraud Settlements
• Bid To Replace O'Melveny Nixed In Crane Collapse Suit
• NJ High Court Upholds Co-Insurer's Claim For Defense Costs
• Insured-Vs.-Insured Ruling Undercuts FDIC's Bank Exec Suits
• Berkshire Unit's Defenses Survive In $20M Ford Insurance Suit
• Labor Groups Want Say In New NYC Health Plan Solicitation
• Minn. Auditor, Lawmakers To Probe Health Exchange Breach
• Liberty Univ. Asks High Court To Revisit ACA
• Insurer Suffers Setback In $11.5M Ariz. Bank D&O Fight
• URS Says Insurer Shirking Duty In $30M Landfill Dispute
• Insurer Freed From Deutsche Bank Building Cleanup Suit
• Deepwater Horizon Is Not Over Yet
• Navigating Conflicts When Serving 3rd-Party Subpoenas
• Insurer Slaps Edwards Wildman With $23M Malpractice Suit
• White House Rejects Subsidies For Union Health Plans
• Insurer Seeks Toss Of $24M Verdict In Katrina Coverage Row
• Aetna Withdraws From NJ's Health Insurance Exchange
• ResCap Gets Green Light For $597M Settlement With FGIC
• Despite NY's Outcry, NAIC Sticks To Guns On Reserve Rules
• Pfizer Wants High Court To Review 1st Circ. RICO Rulings
• Atty Tied To $8.5M Ponzi Scheme Sanctioned In Insurer's Suit
• 5 Years Post-Crisis, Regulators Remain In The Dark
• 5 Must-Watch Issues For Health Cos. In 2013's Home Stretch
• What To Do When Health Insurance Exchanges Are Hacked
• AXA Fined $2.85M For Poor Investment Advice In UK
• 10 Reasons You Should Value Your Chief Compliance Officer
• Skadden Guides Austria's Uniqa In $531M PE Fund Sale
• Fracking Claims Set Stage For Fresh Pollution-Exclusion War
• House Passes ACA Exchange Eligibility Verification Bill
• HHS Says Consumers Saved $1.2B On ACA Rate Monitoring
• London Police Must Pay Sony Insurers For Riot Damage
• Insurer Denies Liability In FDIC Suit Over R-G Premier Collapse
• Homeowners Lose Class Cert. In Fidelity Mortgage Row
• Pollution Exclusion Battle Continues In Mo.
• NY Top Court Eyes Evidence For No-Fault 'Serious Injury'
• Bristol-Myers Kickback Claims May Fall Flat, Judge Says
• NY Puts Foot Down On New Reserve Rules For Life Insurers
• AFL-CIO Says ACA Fees Stack Deck Against Union Plans
• Homeowners Lose Bid To Move Claims To Calif. State Court
• Ex-SSA Chief Airs Privacy Concerns Tied To CMS Data Hub
• Heads Of $23M Ponzi Scheme Barred From Selling Securities
• Small Biz Owners Want ACA Exchange Subsidies Halted
• NJ Lawmaker Calls For An End To Anti-Concurrent Clauses
• AIG Computer-Hack Policy Covers Medicare Fraud, Atty Says
• Bill To Streamline Licensing Of Agents Sails Through House
• Northrop Spinoff Settles Katrina Coverage Row For $180M
• OneBeacon Sues To Avoid Covering Retailers' Privacy Suits
• Nationwide Wants Out Of Debt-Letter Privacy Breach Coverage
• Travelers Again Told To Surrender Docs In Heparin Suit
• Contractor Wins Defense Coverage In NASA Kickback Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Advent International, Versace, Telefonica
• Plans Must Cover Certified Therapist Autism Care: Calif. Court
• JPMorgan's $300M Forced-Placed Deal Sets Up Domino Effect
• In-House Counsel To Firms: Do More With Less
• Hartford Urges 7th Circ. To Remove $18M TCPA Coverage Row
• Gen Re's $72M Settlement In AIG Suit Wins OK
• NY Court Told Next-Door Project Triggers Vandalism Coverage
• Insurer May Be Due Attys' Fees Despite ERISA Loss: 2nd Circ.
• 5 Tips For Fattening Firm Wallets In Lean Times
• O'Quinn Firm, Insurers Say Mediation Failed In Coverage Row
• 'Hygienic Nightmare' Stalls Trial Of Ex-Mutual Benefits CEO
• Fla. Regulator OKs 6.3% Increase In Citizens Premiums
• Another View On K2 Investment V. American Insurance
• Domino's Founder Urges 6th Circ. To Back ACA Exemption
• 5th Circ. Backs Insurer In Row With Ex-Mayer Brown Atty
• 7th Circ. Asked To Revive Insurer Choice Of Counsel Suit
• HHS Rips GOP 'Interference' With ACA Navigators
• Insurer Escapes Ala. City Defense in Hyundai Land Suits
• Transamerica Strikes $11M Death Benefits Deal With States
• Ex-Adjuster's New Venture Violated Employment Deal: Suit
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Noerr Doctrine No Help To Insurer In Ford Coverage Suit
• 5th Circ. Nixes Insurer's Win Over BJ Services Execs' Theft
• Lloyd's Looks To Dodge AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent Asbestos Suits
• JPMorgan To Pay $300M in Forced-Place Insurance Deal
• Why Growth In Nanotechnology Matters To Insurers
• Vt. Asbestos Mine Owner Reaches $32M Cleanup Deal
• Okla. Health Plan Receives Temporary Exemption From ACA
• Insurer Asks 6th Circ. To Rehear Indians Fatality Ruling
• Judge OKs Transfer In Atty's Child Abuse Defamation Suit
• Insurers Targets Ill. Regulator Over Death Benefits Probe
• Pa. Officials Blast Highmark, UPMC Over Ad War
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, KKR
• Rainmaker Q&A: Faegre's Morgan Burns
• Texas High Court Enters $750M BP, Transocean Coverage Fray
• Insurer Refuses To Back Consulting Co. In $3M Chevron Row
• A New Obstacle For Cyberinsurance Coverage
• Blue Cross Accuses Drug Test Co. Of $36M Fraud Scheme
• Treasury Proposes New Rules For ACA Employer Mandate
• Liberty Mutual Off Hook For Linn's Pollution Case Defense
• 5 Tips For Cos. Chasing Coverage For Corruption Probes
• KKR Buys Insurance Software Co. From Aurora Capital
• Ex-Pa. Justice Tapped To Defend State's Gay Marriage Ban
• Insurer Pays TVA $42M In Coal Ash Disaster Coverage Row
• Ill. Regulator Slams Triad's Bid To Rush $780M Tax Fight
• Judge Trims Ford's Suit Over $20M Insurance Payments
• Calif. Exchange Sued Over Kaiser Inclusion Amid $4M Fine
• Willkie, Foley Seal $616M Home Insurer Merger
• What To Expect From NY's Landmark Decision In Diocese
• Sandy Coverage Suit Unlikely To Pass Muster, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Reverses Class Win In Medicare Reimbursement Row
• EEOC Sues Kaiser Permanente For Disability Discrimination
• Fla. Court Cuts Liberty's Share Of $3.4M Condo Settlements
• UPMC Accuses Highmark Of Stalling In Antitrust Battle
• Calif. Court OKs Liberty Mutual's Faulty Construction Suit
• AMICO Must Pay $3M In Hancock Center Accident Battle
• Shell Hid $414M Payout To Get Cleanup Coverage, NH Says
• Atty Denied Coverage For Drunken Boating Accident Case
• Spitzer Knocks Greenberg's Defamation Suit In Dismissal Bid
• How To Work With Ga.'s New Evidence Code
• How To Tank A Mediation Without Even Trying
• Insurer Can't Duck Arbitration Award After Untimely Filings
• Hurricane Katrina's Mark On Coverage Law Felt 8 Years Later
• China's Insurance Funds Directing $14B To Int'l Real Estate
• Mutual Benefits Exec Cops To Mail, Wire Fraud In $837M Scam
• Confirmed: Texas' Pro-Policyholder Insurance Law
• Insurer Says It Was Tricked Into Covering Scientology Clinic
• Aetna To Pay $120M To Settle Doctors' Antitrust MDL
• Insurer Must Back Bonds Of Bankrupt SC Toll Road Operator
• Title Insurers Can't Beat Pa. RICO Class Action Claims
• NY High Court To Rehear Key Insurance Coverage Appeal
• Should Statutory Damages Be Covered? Many Courts Say Yes