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August 12, 2026
Cooley LLP insurance group lead Robert Jacques helped advise pharmaceutical giant Merck on coverage for damages from the NotPetya cyberattack, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
A state court finding that insurers needn't cover a contractor in an underlying suit over fire damage to a bridal shop bars the shop from pursuing coverage from the carriers for a $38 million judgment against their policyholder, a federal judge said in recommending the suit's dismissal.
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August 12, 2026
An insurer does not have to pay a tech company's $300,000 judgment in an employment action alleging a worker experienced discrimination and retaliation during her pregnancy, the First Circuit said Tuesday, ruling the company first received notice of the claim before the policy period.
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August 11, 2026
Merchant capital advance provider Yellowstone Capital LLC has lost its bid for coverage of costs incurred in a $1 billion settlement with the New York attorney general over claims that it gouged small businesses, as a New Jersey federal judge found Yellowstone's insurance policy excludes coverage for claims of unfair business practices.
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August 11, 2026
A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. urged the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday to reverse a nearly $170 million jury award for a Colorado worker who sustained a "catastrophic" brain injury on the job, arguing that the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury on physical impairment damages.
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August 11, 2026
A Florida state jury awarded $3.2 million to a vehicle passenger for serious injuries he sustained following a collision in 2023, requiring Geico to pay damages after finding the man was entitled to more than the minimum compensation offered under an uninsured motorist policy.
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August 11, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge should not have certified a policyholder class that secured a $147.5 million cost-of-insurance settlement with Lincoln National and a Cigna unit, the Second Circuit held on Tuesday, in a victory for objectors who are pursuing parallel cases in other states.
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August 11, 2026
An insurer does not have to defend a fashion company in its latest bout in a long-running trademark infringement dispute with Adidas, a California federal judge has ruled, saying the claims fell under a prior publication exclusion because they included allegations the company published infringing advertisement before the policy period.
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August 11, 2026
A Domino's Pizza franchisee and the federal government have mostly agreed in principle on a deal to settle the franchisee's suit alleging the IRS owes it $1.6 million in tax refunds for penalties related to failures to report its employee health coverage plan, the company told a Hawaii federal magistrate judge.
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August 11, 2026
The Archdiocese of New York is taking a second bite at the apple in state appeals court with a request for punitive damages against Chubb, alleging the insurer ran a "shadow campaign" against the archdiocese even as it was defending the church against a slew of sex abuse lawsuits.
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August 11, 2026
Maynard Nexsen PC has brought on a former health insurance industry executive with more than 30 years of experience in government relations, healthcare legislation and insurance regulation as a new shareholder in Austin, Texas, the firm announced this week.
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August 11, 2026
The Fourth Circuit said an insurer owes no defense or coverage for a $5.1 million default judgment against a truck driver in a wrongful death case, finding the insurer wasn't timely notified of the underlying suit and a federally mandated policy endorsement for motor carriers doesn't extend to the driver.
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August 11, 2026
Bre Jones of Covington & Burling LLP guided major aircraft companies to significant wins recouping losses tied to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
A New York state judge on Tuesday revealed plans for an anonymous jury for Luigi Mangione's upcoming murder trial, where he will face charges that he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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August 10, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed an insurance company's win in an ex-worker's suit alleging his long-term disability benefits stemming from his bout with long COVID were wrongfully denied, upholding a district court's decision to back the insurer's denial based on the medical evidence.
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August 10, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge has sentenced a preparer of fraudulent tax returns to two years in prison after prosecutors said his cooperation against a client who operated a bribery-fueled insurance scam was marred by confusing proffers and altered records.
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August 10, 2026
An Arkansas federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class action alleging Arkansas medical system Washington Regional mismanaged the system's employee 401(k) plan, holding that allegations of underperforming investment funds weren't backed up with enough comparisons to better-performing ones to state a claim for violating federal benefits law.
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August 10, 2026
An excess insurer owes up to $5 million in coverage for a financial service company's arbitration over allegations workers misappropriated their previous employer's trade secrets, the Delaware Superior Court said, finding the arbitration was not connected to a dispute that occurred before the policy period.
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August 10, 2026
A Colorado-based workers' compensation insurer provided no notice of its audit guidelines to a construction company and canceled the company's policy when it disputed the audit premium charges, according to a proposed class action in state court.
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August 10, 2026
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association beat most claims in a proposed privacy class action Friday when an Illinois federal judge ruled that federal employees' searches for doctors, symptoms and medical conditions on its public website did not amount to protected health information.
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August 10, 2026
Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that an insurance company must defend a doctor in disciplinary proceedings for allegedly stalking and harassing a patient to whom he prescribed an addictive medication for several years.
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August 10, 2026
Kevin Zimmerman of BakerHostetler successfully argued to the Fifth Circuit to reverse class certification for drivers suing United Services Automobile Association, and persuaded the Tenth Circuit to reject a novel statute of limitations theory, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
An insurer must defend and indemnify a plumbers' union-backed education fund accused of retaliating against a member who claimed he was wrongfully terminated after submitting a request for paternity leave, a New Jersey federal court ruled, finding that an exclusion barring coverage for activities of the union does not apply.
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August 10, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving merger settlements, contract claims, controlling stockholders, music rights, prejudgment interest, absentee voting and stockholder standing.
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August 10, 2026
Lowe's has settled a dispute seeking coverage from a Chubb unit toward an underlying $90 million wrongful death settlement involving an employee of the home improvement giant, according to a notice filed days before a jury trial was expected to begin in North Carolina federal court.