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Insurance - December, 2014

214 articles

• Insurers, Cos Face Off On EPA Letters' Effect On Coverage
• Greenwich Gets Counterclaims Pared In Gas Explosion Suit
• Briefs Bolster Both Sides In Fla. Same-Sex Marriage Suits
• CMS Gets Heat On ACA Auto-Renewals
• Capeco Blast Co-Defendant Takes Coverage Row To Justices
• HealthCare.gov Nabs 4M Sign-Ups In One Week
• Radian Inks $810M Sale Of Bond Insurance Biz To AGC
• Goodyear Not Barred From Aggregating Asbestos Claims
• Class Action Challenges New Pa. Medicaid Assignments Plan
• State Watchdogs Want Prudential Auditor Subpoena Quashed
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Miles & Stockbridge's Mike Brown
• 2014 Hail-Related Insurance Litigation Year In Review
• Financial Services Policy During The (Not So) Lame Duck
• Texas Court Rejects Campaign Finance Suit Against TAB
• Conn. Insurance Commish's Notices Not 'Agency Proceeding'
• ACA Subsidy Opponents Kick Off High Court Fight
• Attys Seek $115M Fees As $960M AIG Deal Awaits Final OK
• $47M Life Partners Judgment Impairs MDL, Shareholders Say
• Ex-Ariz. Bank Execs Settle $11M Feud With FDIC, Insurer
• Century Wants Reinsurer's Costs Revisited In Asbestos Suit
• 10th Circ. Says Insurer's Cited Atty Advice Not Privileged
• Aetna's HIV Drugs Mail-Order Rule Is Biased, Suit Says
• Health Net Accused Of ACA Plan 'Bait And Switch'
• Guess Licensee Guns For Zurich Sanctions In Handbag Row
• Freedom President Objects To $3M AIG Settlement
• Oracle Gets 2nd Chance To Argue Oregon Waived Immunity
• Insurer Must Cover Part Of Judgment Over Software Deal
• Supreme Court Won't Stop Gay Marriages In Florida
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• NY Court Gets It Right On Common Interest Privilege
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Centex Wins Again In Travelers' Choice-Of-Counsel Suit
• Texas High Court Will Hear Life Partners Securities Suits
• Calif. Panel Says Concepcion Defeats Broughton-Cruz Rule
• MetLife Poses Potential Stability Threat, Regulators Say
• 5th Circ. Rejects Insurer's Call To Review Home Defect Ruling
• 5 IPOs Reap $1B In Last Full Week Of Record-Busting 2014
• Catholic Orgs Take ACA Challenge To High Court
• Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Shearman, DPW
• CVS, Walgreen To Expand ACA Promotion Work
• Mortgage Insurer Radian Protests $1B REMIC Tax Bill
• Good Luck Guessing With The Gov't On Gainsharing
• Gotham Dodges $21M Judgment In 11th Circ.
• NJ Insureds Benefit From Broad Reading Of Physical Loss
• Ex-Bingham Insurance Pro Flees To Robinson & Cole
• IRS Guidance On Full-Time Status May Help Employers
• 6th Circ. Affirms Toss Of $326M Grand Ole Opry Flood Suit
• MetLife Deemed Systemically Important By Regulators
• Utica Mutual, Reinsurers Settle Over Hunton & Williams Role
• Vermont Gov. Backs Off Single-Payer Health Care System
• 8th Circ. Clarifies Coverage Trigger For Food Recall
• Terror Coverage Thrown Into Doubt After TRIA Dies In Senate
• 3rd Circ. Greenlights Sanctions Bid In Veggie Contract Row
• 11th Circ. Says Dueling Cases Void Insurance Exclusion
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Have To Cover Target In Copyright Suit
• Pa. High Court Won't Touch AIG Titeflex Coverage Ruling
• SUNY Agency Strikes $4M Settlement In Medicaid Audit Case
• Judge's 'Fork Over The Money' Line Gets Him Axed From Case
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Carlton Fields' Ann Black
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• Insurer Catlin Mulling $4B Offer From Deal-Hungry Rival XL
• What's Missing From Many Lawyers' Cyberinsurance Advice
• Distress Isn't Personal Injury Under Policy, Ohio Court Says
• HealthCare.gov Notches 2.5M Sign-Ups In 1st Month
• Regulators Say Texas Treats Life Settlements As Securities
• Verisk Drops $650M EagleView Bid After FTC Monopoly Claim
• Insurers Must Pay US Bank $30M For Overdraft Settlement
• Fla. AG Asks High Court To Extend Bar On Gay Marriage Ban
• NJ High Court Won't Toss Fox Rothschild Malpractice Suit
• Insureds Can Assign Bad Faith Claims, Pa. Justices Say
• Insurers Want Adjuster's $12M Hurricane Ike Claims Bounced
• Progressive Spends $875M To Boost Stake In Property Insurer
• Essential Health Benefits Rules Will Still Burden States
• Providers Score Class Cert. In UnitedHealth ERISA Row
• Willis Group Still On The Hook In Stanford Investors Suit
• Arrowood Can't Get Reimbursed For Moldy Bed Suit Deal
• Insurer Seeks To Duck Medical Product Retailer's TCPA Suit
• AMA Urges High Court To Review Barred WellPoint Claims
• Pa. Rental Firm Sees Appeal Quashed In $20M Coverage Case
• Deepwater MDL Court Nixes Cameron's $3.4M Fee Bid Again
• Tenn. Latest GOP State To Back ACA Medicaid Expansion
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Beveridge & Diamond's Wilson
• 9 Lessons For Creditors From Detroit's Bankruptcy
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Owen Gleaton Playing Dirty With DQ Bid, Insurer Says
• Insureds Didn't Have To Present Sinkhole Report: Fla. Court
• No Riddle To Solve in Insurance Fight, Ind. Court Says
• Friday's IPO Market Unfriendly To PE-Backed Cos.
• FEMA's Fraud Controls Better, But Problems Remain: GAO
• Texas Judge Won't Lift Gay Marriage Stay, Citing 5th Circ.
• FDIC Says Insurer Owes Bank $5M For Ex-Workers' Bad Loans
• Clarity Comes To ACA's 'Minimum Essential Coverage'
• $350M Insurance Suit Was Invalid, Lloyd's Tells 5th Circ.
• MetLife To Buy Back $1B More In Shares
• Where Is The Pro Rata V. All Sums Debate Today?
• 6 Questions To Ask Before An Internal Investigation
• NY Tells Insurers They Must Cover Transgender Treatment
• Secura Must Defend Filter Co. From Defect Suit, Judge Says
• Visteon Wants Ind. Law To Apply In Cleanup Insurance Row
• NJ Court Flips Insurer's Win To Hash Out Subrogation Rights
• Pols Pitch Law Barring Foreign Diplomats From ACA Benefits
• NJ Court's 'Direct Physical Loss' Ruling A Boon To Insureds
• CMS Pushes For Hospitals To Recognize Same-Sex Spouses
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• Schumer Wants 'Clean' TRIA Bill Minus Dodd-Frank Mod
• MetLife Buys Landmark DC Hotel For $180 Million
• Insurance MVP: Wiley Rein's Charles C. Lemley
• Class Accuses Public Storage Attys Of Ethical Violations
• Insurer Ducks $1.5M Hail Storm Suit In Texas
• Policyholders Should Note 3rd-Party Liability Pass In NY
• Insurer Prevails In Damaged Construction Materials Row
• Ex-AIG Brass Ask Panel To End NY's Relentless Fraud Suit
• House Passes 6-Year TRIA Extension With Dodd-Frank Tweak
• Insurer Data Breach Suit Gets 2nd Shot At Cert.
• Insurance MVP: Kasowitz's Robin Cohen
• Insurer Can't Limit Atty Rates Retroactively, Court Rules
• Brokerage Tells 11th Circ. Policy Covers Thief's Withdrawals
• Year In Review: Insurance Developments In 2014
• House Panel Releases $1.1T Federal Funding Bill
• 10th Circ. Frees Travelers From KBR's $2M Pollution Defense
• House Set To Vote On 6-Year TRIA Extension
• Developer Says Sandy Flood Limit Misapplied In Coverage Row
• Gruber Retreats On Damning ACA Jabs At Oversight Hearing
• Paul Hastings Reps Morgan Stanley In $5B Ping An Offering
• Judge Rules Again To Allow 1st Same-Sex Divorce In Fla.
• Insurer Disavows Contractor Behind Fatal Philly Collapse
• Insurer Need Not Defend Wagon Injury Suit, 6th Circ. Says
• Medical Testing Co. Slams Cigna's $84M Billing Fraud Suit
• Do Fracking Bans Trigger Civil Authority Coverage?
• Discovery Order For Insurer, FEMA Stands In Sandy Suits
• Judge Won't Reverse $8.5M Oil Blast Verdict Against Travelers
• Cartoon Tells Jones Day A Hostile Filing Is No Laughing Matter
• Estee Lauder Unit's Win Upheld In Insurer's Defense Fee Suit
• Aetna Sanctioned For Keeping Docs Locked In Patent Battle
• Continental Shouldn't Pay Ex-Hinshaw Atty's Costs: Judge
• Holland & Knight Adds Florida Blue Veteran To Advocacy Team
• FEMA Commits To Sandy Flood Insurance Overhaul
• Canal's Sanctions Bid Is 'Self-Serving Nonsense,' Bank Says
• Medical Groups Defend ACA High Court Challenge
• Day Pitney Nabs Insurance Pro As Bingham Exodus Continues
• Industry Groups Back Texas In High Court FHA Tax Credit Suit
• UK Ban On Ransom Claims May Have Unintended Consequences
• State Farm Undervalues Some Property Damage Claims: Suit
• Insurers Blast Amtrak's Damages Request In $1B Sandy Spat
• Rock Band Tool's Insurer Denied Quick Win In Coverage Row
• Fla. Appellate Puts Insurer On Hook In Doctor Defamation Row
• La. Backs Couples' Bid For High Court Marriage Ban Review
• Sentry Aims To Nix Bid To Cover Edible Arrangements IP Row
• Chrysler Wins Reversal On $50M Ch. 11 Tax Dispute
• 2014 Insurance Coverage Litigation Year In Review
• Insurer Blasts Gawker Coverage Bid In Hogan Sex Tape Feud
• Cincinnati Insurance Wants Out Of Cookie Co. False Ad Suit
• Progressive Gets Builder's Claims Pared In Atty Choice Row
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• Kaiser Permanente To Pay $5.4M To End TCPA Class Action
• Sandy Victims Accuse Hartford, Law Firm Of Racketeering
• HHS Says $2B Hinges On New HealthCare.gov Policy Choices
• Lawmakers Urge High Court To Hear ACA Panel Challenge
• Common Interest Privilege Doesn't Start With Pending Suit
• Treasury Official Urges Banks To Buy Cyberrisk Insurance
• 7th Circ. 'Trigger' Ruling May Up Risks For Property Insurers
• Reckitt Can't Escape Antitrust Case Over 'Product-Hopping'
• Calif. Same-Sex Benefits Suit Axed Due To New Rights
• Hartford Off Hook For $6.5M Organix False-Ad Deal
• Workers' Comp Exclusion Keeps Family From Collecting $9.5M
• Expenses Back On Table In Reinsurance Row, 2nd Circ. Says
• Northrop On Hook For $3M Hazmat Judgment, Insurers Say
• Looking At Supplementary Compensation For Nuclear Damage
• National Union Can't Get Workers' Comp Row Tossed
• Travelers Drops Affiliated FM From Asbestos Coverage Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Again Delay Bar On Fla. Gay Marriage Ban
• Ex-Treasury Official, Regulatory Pro Rejoins Skadden In NY
• CORRECTED: Aspen Way Can't Duck Coverage Battle Over Spy Software
• Insurers Freed From Plumber's Defense In Calif. Hotel Project
• 7th Circ. Weighs Objections To ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Health Care Exchange Software Co. Sets Terms For $81M IPO
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• Health Care Reform: Where We Are And Where We Are Going
• Life Partners, Execs To Pay $47M For False SEC Filings
• Ex-Jones Day Partner Leading Detroit Bankruptcy To Resign
• Exasperated Sandy Judges Order Streamlined Mediations
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Defend Yacht Co. In Defect Suit
• 11th Circ. Boots Suit Over ACA Employer Mandate Delay
• Liberty Again Ducks $12.5M Bad-Faith Verdict After Remand
• CORRECTED: Hartford Accused Of Using Faked Sandy Reports
• Insurer Denied Quick Win In Integra's Ponzi Scheme Loan Suit
• Fla. Same-Sex Couples Ask 11th Circ. Not To Extend Stay
• Credit Suisse Pans US Bank's Bid To Step Into RMBS Deal
• Bryan Cave, Conyers Guide James River's $264M IPO Plan
• AIG Scores Victory In Frozen Pipes Coverage Litigation
• 5th Circ. Urged Not To Revisit Defect Exclusion Dispute
• Despite New Claims, Judicial Stacking More Myth Than Reality
• Omnicare, Dr. Reddy's Beat Medicare Insurer's FCA Suit
• Largest Health Care Insurers Dominated State Markets: GAO
• Insurance Agents Plead Guilty To Selling Bogus Gas Coverage
• Aetna Accuses Highmark Of Improperly Axing Contracts
• White And Williams Lost Evidence From Philly Fire, Suit Says
• No Fishing In Unrelated Claim Files In Texas
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Broker's Robocalls Not Covered Under Liability Policy
• Insurer Must Defend KB Home In Defect Suits, Ariz. Court Says
• Quakers' Insurer Sues Pa. Ironworkers Union Over Vandalism
• Robinson & Cole Opens Office In Miami
• Supreme Court Denies Appeal Over Fla. Lawyers' Fee Fight
• Insurer Still On Hook For Window Defect Suits, 10th Circ. Says
• Insurer's Malpractice Claims Against NJ County Atty Tossed
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Larry Lum
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• GE Says Insurer Can't Duck Defective Microwave Defense
• High Court Won't Hear CERCLA Appeal In 9/11 Cleanup Row
• Leading UK Insurance Partner Joins Skadden In London
• Fight Or Settle? Let's Look At A Rare Securities Trial