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August 27, 2026
Chicagoland grocery chain owners' in-house insurance arrangement is a valid insurance transaction "and should be respected as such," they told the Seventh Circuit, saying their business should be allowed to claim microcaptive tax benefits to reduce its taxable income.
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August 27, 2026
An insurer urged a North Carolina federal court to bifurcate an upcoming trial on claims that it improperly denied $50 million in coverage for an auto parts manufacturer's COVID-19 pandemic-related losses, arguing a jury may resolve the case entirely by looking at coverage issues first.
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August 27, 2026
An electronics insurance company's employee retirement plan was charged more than double the market rate for administrative services and loaded with underperforming funds offered by the recordkeeper, according to a proposed class action filed in Tennessee federal court.
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August 26, 2026
A Georgia federal court found a $6 million life insurance policy amounted to an illegal wager and voided the contract, striking down a wealth management company's suit that challenged an insurance business' decision to renege on the policy.
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August 26, 2026
TWG Global, the company that owns the Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers, on Wednesday blasted "attacks" it has faced from "unnamed sources" in the news media over federal probes into its insurance holdings, saying its affiliated transactions are legitimate and a $12.5 billion planned sale of the Lakers is "no fire sale."
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August 26, 2026
An insurance exchange for the trucking industry has urged a New York federal judge to dismiss a request by reinsurers that the exchange pay roughly $2 million in attorney fees and costs in a fight over whether to remove a supposedly "side-switching" arbitrator from a case.
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August 26, 2026
The manufacturer of a Cessna jet involved in a Connecticut crash that killed four people wants the jet's owner and operator added to an ongoing coverage dispute, saying even if it's found liable for the fatal flight due to a design flaw, the owner and operator will still bear some responsibility.
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August 26, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies on Wednesday issued guidance on employer wellness programs that permit fees on workers' health premiums for things like tobacco use, which the agencies said was in response to legal questions raised by numerous recently filed class action federal benefits lawsuits.
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August 26, 2026
An Allstate unit can't shake a claim that it acted in bad faith by denying a homeowner's fire damage claim, but need not face a claim that its conduct was grossly negligent and put the homeowner at risk of foreclosure, a Mississippi federal court ruled.
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August 26, 2026
An Arizona federal judge has formally reprimanded a lawyer who admitted to filing four briefs that contained errors including false quotes and a faulty case summary generated with artificial intelligence amid an employment discrimination suit, noting the lawyer previously faced sanctions on two separate occasions for violating court rules.
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August 25, 2026
Truist Bank has launched counterclaims against a group of insurers who claim they don't owe coverage to the bank for a $240 million settlement of a consumer class action stemming from alleged overdraft charges, arguing the relevant insurance policy expressly includes settlements, among other things, as covered damages.
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August 25, 2026
Insurance holding firm Hallmark Financial Services on Tuesday received confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan, which calls for cutting about $116 million of the debtor's $135 million of funded debt through a debt-for-equity swap with its lender Hildene Capital Management.
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August 25, 2026
One of two trusts established under Steward Health Care's Chapter 11 plan has sued a gaggle of insurers in an offshoot lawsuit, saying the insurers were withholding half the coverage due to former directors and officers in another adversary case.
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August 25, 2026
Geico urged a New Jersey federal court to reject medical clinics' bid to dismiss remaining claims in a lawsuit alleging they fraudulently billed no-fault patients, saying that a recent state supreme court ruling bolsters the insurer's argument that complex insurance fraud claims do not belong in arbitration.
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August 25, 2026
A trade group representing large employee benefit plan administrators wrote in support of insurance giant Progressive at the Sixth Circuit, asking the appellate court to back dismissal of a proposed class action alleging the insurer wrongfully charged workers more for healthcare who used tobacco and refused COVID-19 vaccination.
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August 25, 2026
Counsel for former insurance producers Arthur and Kirk Maberry urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday to send Trucordia's client-poaching lawsuit to arbitration, arguing that a broad arbitration clause in 2022 retention agreements still governs the dispute despite later employment and equity agreements.
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August 25, 2026
A New Jersey state judge nixed a subpoena served on a Canadian insurer, ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction to compel a foreign nonparty to produce documents or testimony in Canada in a legal malpractice suit stemming from an $18 million judgment against a trucking company.
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August 25, 2026
A Chicago-based captive insurer was granted a favorable judgment on some claims of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract but was awarded only $2 in nominal damages in a case alleging that an insurance seller and some agents lifted confidential client lists.
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August 25, 2026
An Oklahoma federal judge has refused to toss an insurer's malpractice suit against a law firm over a $92 million judgment in a dispute over apartment fire coverage.
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August 25, 2026
An insurer said it owes no coverage to a fitness equipment company accused of violating Washington state law by sending misleading email advertisements, telling a Tennessee federal court that the underlying action does not allege covered bodily injury, property damage or personal and advertising injury.
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August 25, 2026
7-Eleven struck a deal to settle a proposed class action claiming it didn't give workers who used tobacco but agreed to quit an adequate chance to avoid paying a $720 annual health plan fee, according to a filing in Texas federal court.
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August 25, 2026
Vedder has added a seasoned employee benefits and executive compensation partner from Winston Taylor LLP to join its practice as a new shareholder in Chicago, where she will advise clients on a wide range of retirement, health and welfare benefits issues, the firm announced Tuesday.
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August 24, 2026
Multiple attorneys asked a Texas federal court to toss claims that they conspired to hijack 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, claiming the firm that brought the suit failed to plead a viable RICO claim.
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August 24, 2026
Liberty Mutual told a California federal court that two other insurers haven't paid their fair share of a pipe manufacturer's defense costs in lawsuits alleging the company's defective products led to leaks in construction projects, saying Liberty has contributed beyond its $1 million limit.
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August 24, 2026
Avis Budget Group didn't waive its right to arbitrate a dispute over its supplemental liability insurance by deposing a pair of customers in discovery, the Third Circuit ruled Monday, saying the car rental company needed to develop a factual record before moving to compel arbitration.