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Alliance Praises TX Bill Aimed at Stemming Asbestos Lawsuits
Feb 20 2003 // An asbestos litigation reform bill supported by the Alliance of American Insurers and a broad coalition of businesses and insurers has been introduced in the Texas Senate. The bill, SB 496, will “raise the bar for...
Senate Holds Hearing for Medical Litigation
Feb 13 2003 // The Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a joint hearing this week on “Patient Access Crisis: The Role of Medical Litigation.” Judiciary Chairman Orrin...
N.Y. Sues Unlicensed Health Insurer
Feb 13 2003 // Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and New York State Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio filed a lawsuit against an Albany health plan for reportedly operating without a license. The lawsuit alleges that the Millennium...
Aon Misses Settlement Talk Deadline in Overtime Wage Suit, Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Say
Feb 12 2003 // Two Texas law firms representing plaintiffs in a class-action suit against Aon Corp. for overtime wage claims said the company failed to meet a Friday deadline to continue negotiations. Edwards & George LLP and...
Lloyd’s Joins WTC Lawsuit in Support of “One Occurrence” Assertion
Feb 10 2003 // Twenty Lloyd’s Syndicates filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeal on Friday in support of Swiss Re, Travelers and other insurance companies in their battle with Silverstein Properties over whether the destruction...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
NAII Supports Medical Liability Reform Efforts in Senate
Feb 6 2003 // Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), joined Senators Rick Santorum (R-Pa.),...
AAI Urges ABA to Adopt Recommendations for Asbestos Litigation
Feb 5 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) has urged the American Bar Association (ABA) to adopt a new medical standard regarding asbestos claims. The ABA’s Commission on Asbestos Litigation will present its...
Ohio Court Strikes Progressive Class Action Suit
Feb 3 2003 // A Jan. 23 Ohio appeals court decision to protect Progressive Corp. against a national class action suit averted “significant cost increases” in auto insurance premiums, according to Ohio Insurance Director Ann...
Silverstein Registers Second Litigation Triumph in One Day
Jan 29 2003 // Silverstein Properties Inc. reported Wednesday that the district judge presiding over its dispute with the insurers of the Twin Towers had granted its motion to compel Swiss Re and Allianz to produce notes of meetings held...
Caliber Files Lawsuit Over State Regulators
Jan 24 2003 // In a lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court recently, Irvine-based Caliber Collision Centers asked the court to compel the Bureau of Automotive Repair to stop engaging in a regulatory practice that is...
Zurich NA Gives Details on WTC Lawsuits
Jan 23 2003 // Zurich American Insurance Company (ZAIC) has given additional details, and clarified the company’s position, on the recently filed lawsuit against Larry Silverstein and other entities in a dispute related to the...
AAI Outlines 2003 Federal, State Priorities at NPC
Jan 15 2003 // Alliance of American Insurers President Rodger Lawson outlined the association’s priorities for 2003 at a recent press briefing held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Among the group’s top...
C.H. Robinson Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jan 6 2003 // Minneapolis-based C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., a provider of transportation services and shipping logistics, indicated that it has settled one of three pending wrongful death lawsuits, resulting from a multi vehicle...
Report Japanese Insurer Files Suit against Fortress Re and Accountants
Dec 30 2002 // Japan’s Aioi Insurance Co. has filed a lawsuit in North Carolina against Fortress Re and its accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, alleging improper acts by the privately owned reinsurer’s directors and...
Class Action Settlements Need Finality, AIA Urges High Court
Dec 23 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that would allow settlements of class action lawsuits to be challenged even after appeals courts upheld the...
Pa. Supreme Court: Workers’ Comp Payments Recoupable from Malpractice Suit Proceeds
Dec 19 2002 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that insurers can recoup workers’ compensation payments from malpractice suit proceeds made to injured employees who sue their lawyers for mishandling their...
