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September 01, 2026
Cincinnati Insurance Co. needn't reimburse another insurer for any part of a $5.2 million judgment entered against their mutual insured, a Florida federal court ruled Tuesday, finding that the other carrier's payment was in settlement of its breach of its duty to defend and not a shared obligation.
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September 01, 2026
Lenders are entitled to coverage for losses from a closing agent falling victim to wire fraud in mortgage refinancing transactions, an Alabama magistrate judge said Monday, finding that an exclusion barring coverage for an insured creating their own losses doesn't apply.
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September 01, 2026
Wesco Insurance Co. and Markel Insurance Co. have settled a dispute over coverage for a woman's claims that a property owner and a pest control company were to blame for injuries she sustained falling from a stepladder after a "volume of cockroaches" spilled onto her from atop her kitchen cupboard, Connecticut federal court records show.
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September 01, 2026
Policyholders asked an Iowa federal court Monday to give the final approval to a settlement they say is worth more than $73 million to resolve claims that Transamerica Life Insurance Co. improperly increased monthly costs on their life insurance policies.
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September 01, 2026
A New York federal court ordered an excess insurer to pay a plumbing company's legal fees months after finding that the carrier is required to provide coverage to the company for claims stemming from a Manhattan apartment fire.
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September 01, 2026
The CEO of an Italian food company said a human resources provider duped him into signing up for a life insurance policy by making false promises about the plan's terms, according to a suit filed in Connecticut state court.
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September 01, 2026
Four insurance law firms that exclusively represent policyholders have joined forces to create a global firm operating in eight countries, including the U.S., the U.K., France and Spain, saying in an announcement Tuesday that it is the largest policyholder-side law firm in the world.
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August 31, 2026
A federal judge in Chicago on Monday issued a mixed ruling in a case brought by a company that makes insurance agency management software against a rival that it claims created a fake insurance company to steal trade secrets, dismissing some claims but preserving others for trade secret misappropriation and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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August 31, 2026
Los Angeles County on Monday accused State Farm of systemic violations of California consumer protection laws in its property insurance business and its handling of homeowners claims connected to the 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires.
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August 31, 2026
A North Carolina federal court refused to disqualify the special master in charge of unraveling the assets of convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg or set aside a proposed $1.6 billion restitution order in his sweeping fraud case, finding that the special master's appointment was not unconstitutional.
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August 31, 2026
Bankrupt pregnancy-technology firm Nuvo Group and an Israeli court-appointed trustee tasked with liquidating it reached an agreement that resolves their cross-border disputes by using a $9.75 million settlement payment from insurers of former executives.
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August 31, 2026
An air ambulance company has told a Virginia federal court that two Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates and nearly two dozen plan sponsors violated the No Surprises Act by failing to pay more than $854,000 in binding arbitration awards stemming from the provision of out-of-network emergency services.
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August 31, 2026
Aon said Monday it has agreed to buy U.S. insurance broker USI from private equity firm KKR and other shareholders in a $17 billion deal that would expand the London-based insurer's presence in the U.S. middle-market insurance segment.
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August 28, 2026
A New Mexico federal court rejected much of a county's suit against a mental health provider and its insurer in a dispute over whether they broke their indemnification duties by settling correctional facility inmate suits without also settling the county's claims.
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August 28, 2026
A life insurer breached its duty by refusing to pay out death benefits under two $5 million policies to a wealth and investment management provider based on uncertainty over the insured's age, a Delaware federal court ruled Friday.
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August 28, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday dismissed class claims accusing Geico of underpaying the actual cash value of totaled vehicles, finding that a previous Third Circuit ruling made such disputes unsuitable for class treatment based on the need for individualized evidence.
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August 28, 2026
Two men have been sentenced to prison over an insurance fraud conspiracy in which they staged car crashes on local highways — including one captured in a video that went viral on social media — New York City and state officials announced.
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August 28, 2026
The past week in London has seen shoe brand Crocs bring an appeal against the chief executive of the U.K.'s Intellectual Property Office, singer Alanis Morissette sued by the former head of operations at Live Nation Israel and the son of convicted fraudster Guo Wengui file an appeal against the Chapter 11 trustee controlling his father's bankruptcy estate.
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August 28, 2026
The Fifth Circuit will weigh Louisiana's bid to block telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone, while the Fourth Circuit will hear Lockheed Martin's challenge to a trial court decision that kept a pension de-risking suit alive. Here's a look at these and other argument sessions that should be on benefits attorneys' radar next month.
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August 27, 2026
A Louisiana town is pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to pass on reviewing a Fifth Circuit decision nixing an arbitration order in a dispute with its insurers over coverage for hurricane damage, calling the case "mundane" and not worthy of the high court's attention.
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August 27, 2026
An insurance services company caused a Milford, Connecticut, bank to lose insurance coverage for a data breach that affected nearly 12,000 of its customers by failing to timely report it, the bank says in a Wednesday complaint in Connecticut federal court.
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August 27, 2026
A former employee of the insurance brokerage giant USI told a Connecticut federal judge that the restrictive covenants he entered are unenforceable and he cannot be held liable for allegedly violating them when clients followed him to a rival firm.
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August 27, 2026
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers urged a Michigan federal judge Wednesday to preserve its suit claiming that CVS Health Corp. diverted millions of dollars earmarked for indigent healthcare to itself, saying the conduct clearly amounts to a racketeering scheme.
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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.