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September 18, 2026
A practice group for independent neurosurgeons lobbed an antitrust suit against Elevance Health Inc. in New York federal court alleging the insurer is impeding their ability to compete for patients by threatening to financially penalize and terminate in-network facilities that work with them.
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September 18, 2026
An insurer says a third-party claims administrator owes $3.7 million for an underlying personal injury settlement after the administrator allegedly failed to tender a settlement offer in time that would have been within the insured's policy limits.
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September 18, 2026
An Illinois federal judge said a Hartford unit must defend tax lien purchasing companies from class actions alleging the companies profited from an unconstitutional tax sale process, rejecting the insurer's arguments that the underlying property owners did not allege they were wrongfully evicted.
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September 18, 2026
A Nationwide unit cannot rely on a communicable disease exclusion to avoid covering a meat producer in underlying actions over alleged exposure to listeria-contaminated food, an Oregon federal court ruled, saying the exclusion is susceptible to more than one interpretation.
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September 18, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, a group backed by Michael Dell's family office and Sequence Holdings acquires a majority interest in The Baldwin Group, May Mobility merges with a blank check company, and Infineon Technologies sells its memory chip business to Winbond Electronics.
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September 18, 2026
A Berkshire Hathaway insurance unit asked a Connecticut federal judge to declare it has no duty to defend a masonry contractor accused of safety failings in a state court suit over a worker's death, saying an exclusion bars coverage for injuries to employees.
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September 18, 2026
The past week in London has seen Victoria's Secret and Thomas Pink file competing IP claims, more than 1,000 retail consumers launch a group action against Binance, Baker Hughes targeted in a commercial claim by its former Russian subsidiary and university students hit four British institutions with breach of contract claims over pandemic-era closures.
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September 17, 2026
Nationwide Insurance told a Michigan federal judge that it has no obligation to defend or cover the Oxford Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center and its staff after a 5-year-old boy died there during hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and it urged the court to grant summary judgment relieving it of any duty to defend the policyholders or cover financial liability in the underlying lawsuit.
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September 17, 2026
An Illinois federal judge handed a complete win to an insurer on its counterclaim that an electronic cigarette product wholesaler isn't owed nearly $5 million in coverage for a warehouse fire because it misrepresented important facts about its business when seeking coverage.
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September 17, 2026
An insurer said it is entitled to recoup costs paid in connection with a Washington policyholder's house fire because the blaze was caused by a defective electric range manufactured by Samsung, according to a suit removed to federal court.
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September 17, 2026
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to declare that an insurer must indemnify a trucking company in a settlement over a fatal crash, saying additional information is needed to resolve questions about whether the at-fault driver was an employee of the insured trucking company.
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September 16, 2026
Express Scripts called on a Washington federal judge to toss a lawsuit accusing it of using its market power to bully the AIDS Healthcare Foundation into accepting lower reimbursement rates for life-saving drugs, contending Tuesday that the case rehashes allegations a Missouri federal court has already rejected twice.
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September 16, 2026
More than three years after announcing it would no longer sell new homeowners insurance policies in California, State Farm has filed plans to begin writing new policies for Golden State homeowners who have made their properties more resilient to wildfire, according to news releases issued Wednesday.
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September 16, 2026
Kinsale Insurance Co. is under no obligation to defend kratom-makers as they face a widow's lawsuit claiming her 36-year-old husband overdosed on Hydroxie-branded kratom products, with the insurer urging a California federal court to force the manufacturers to pay back attorney fees spent so far.
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September 16, 2026
A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially reinstated Washington state property owners' suit accusing an insurer of bad faith by refusing to defend them and representing their opposing neighbors in an easement dispute, saying the lower court improperly relied on a case that didn't address bad faith.
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September 16, 2026
Three Nationwide units said they owe no coverage to a footwear company accused of violating Washington state law by sending misleading email advertisements, telling a Washington federal court that coverage is barred by an exclusion for the distribution of material in violation of law.
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September 16, 2026
The owner of a power plant in Dover Plains, New York, voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit accusing Factory Mutual Insurance Co. of wrongfully withholding more than $14 million in coverage for revenue losses stemming from an outage.
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September 16, 2026
A commercial laundry services company asked the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a Florida federal court's ruling that upheld a $184,000 payment to the IRS under the Affordable Care Act's employer shared responsibility provisions, saying it didn't receive notice of the penalty soon enough to lodge an effective appeal.
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September 16, 2026
An Illinois state court refused to toss an auto repair company's suit seeking to recover $4.9 million in coverage from its cyber insurer for a ransomware attack, saying the policy doesn't establish that the insurer owes nothing for the loss.
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September 16, 2026
A Florida appellate court revived a lawsuit from a Taiwanese yacht builder alleging its insurer has refused to indemnify the manufacturer for repairs to a vessel damaged in a fire on its way to Florida, ruling Wednesday that the policy did not require the dispute to be tried in a Taiwan court.
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September 16, 2026
Liberty Mutual dodged a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully used forfeited 401(k) funds to benefit itself rather than covering expenses paid by plan participants, with a California federal judge finding the plan's terms required the money to be used to offset future employer contributions.
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September 15, 2026
Lloyd's of London underwriters asked a Nevada federal court to send to arbitration a spinal surgeon's lawsuit seeking a $40 million lump sum benefit based on his claim he became permanently disabled due to a pinched nerve in his neck.
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September 15, 2026
An AIG unit cannot recoup $1.8 million from a dock builder and electrical subcontractor in connection with payments it made to a Florida policyholder whose yacht caught fire while plugged into a recently constructed dock, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed.
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September 15, 2026
Imprisoned insurance mogul Greg Lindberg is asking a Charlotte federal judge to reconsider his order finding that the appointment of a special master tasked with unraveling his assets was constitutional, calling it a "manifest injustice" that warrants reversal.
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September 15, 2026
An auto parts manufacturer urged a North Carolina federal court to reject an insurer's request to bifurcate an upcoming trial over claims the insurer improperly denied $50 million in coverage for COVID-19 pandemic-related losses, saying the allegations overlap too significantly to split the claims.