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What About Personal Responsibility’
Nov 5 2001 // We live in a litigious society. As the authors of the three features on professional liability appearing in this issue of IJ Texas point out, almost anything is fodder for a lawsuit and no one, or company, is...
D&O Liability Insurance: A Complicated Risk
Nov 5 2001 // Directors and Officers liability, commonly known as D&O, is a complicated type of risk. While it covers corporate activities, a corporation is a legal person, as are the directors and officers...
Ohio Insurance Director Sues Credit General Auditor
Nov 2 2001 // Lee Covington, Ohio Director of Insurance and liquidator of property and casualty insurer Credit General Insurance Company, sued Chicago-based Grant Thornton LLP, Credit General’s auditor. The suit alleges that Grant...
Farmers Settles Ohio Discrimination Suit for
Oct 25 2001 // Farmers Insurance agreed to pay $4.3 million to settle an Ohio lawsuit charging the company with discrimination against homeowners in minority neighborhoods in issuing homeowners insurance policies. With the settlement,...
Chubb Introduces Comprehensive EPL Loss Prevention Program
Sep 28 2001 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is rolling out a comprehensive loss prevention program that will help more than 100,000 customers protect themselves against employment-related lawsuits. The program offers policies...
South Dakota Supreme Court Rejects Third-Party Bad Faith Lawsuits
Sep 24 2001 // The insurance industry applauded the South Dakota Supreme Court for its recent review and rejection of a third-party bad faith lawsuit against an insurance company. “This is a major victory for insurers and their...
Hyundai Securities Shareholders Sue to Block Sale to AIG
Sep 18 2001 // In another challenge to its acquisition plans, minority shareholders in Hyundai Securities filed suit in a South Korean court on Monday in an effort to block the sale of 35 percent of the company and two financial...
Nonprofits Especially Need Protection Against D&O Liability Risks
Sep 17 2001 // Although Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance (D&O) often is associated with large for-profit companies, they are not the only ones that need it. Many people hold the common misperception that...
Conseco Sues Six DO Insurers Over Litigation Coverage
Sep 11 2001 // Conseco Inc. is suing six of its own insurers, claiming they are attempting to dodge legitimate potential claims on directors and officers policies bought by the Indianapolis-based insurer. In its annual 10-Q filing with...
Wash. Supreme Court Upholds Time Limit on Construction Defect Lawsuits
Sep 10 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) reported that insurers and builders are applauding a unanimous decision by the Washington Supreme Court to reaffirm the statute of repose barring construction defect lawsuits six...
Fear of the Unknown–The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers (Part II) By Catherine Tapia
Sep 10 2001 // By Catherine Tapia This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims, which continues its exploration of specific mold-related lawsuits in California: determining...
Fear of the Unknown-The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers
Sep 10 2001 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. See IJ, Aug. 27, 2001, for Part I. Part II Determining causation A major aspect of the ongoing...
Unpaid Winners Sue Conn. Insurer for Default
Sep 6 2001 // According to an article distributed by the Associated Press, no fewer than five lawsuits have been brought against Conn.-based insurer Golf Marketing, for failing to pay off the winners in a number of promotional...
Courts Continue to Reject Diminished Value Concept in Class Actions
Sep 5 2001 // In spite of an ongoing influx of litigation, U.S. courts continue to reject class-action lawsuits involving diminished value, a concept referring to the difference between the value of a vehicle before and after it was...
INSpire Reaches Settlement of Suit Against Motors Insurance and GMAC
Sep 4 2001 // INSpire Insurance Solutions, a provider of property and casualty outsourcing and software services, announced that that it has reached settlement in its suit against Motors Insurance Corporation (MIC) and General Motors...
OneBeacon Settles Stephen King Lawsuit
Aug 31 2001 // In a novel claim settlement OneBeacon Insurance Co. agreed to donate $750,000 to the hospital that cared for famed author Stephen King after he was severely injured by a van while walking along a road near his vacation...
Fear of the Unknown: The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers, Part I
Aug 27 2001 // Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. These days, an Internet news search on the word “mold” will bring up numerous articles testifying...
Asbestos Claims: ‘The Shroud’ Over the Industry
Aug 27 2001 // Jim Hickey, the founder of the Environmental Insurance Agency in Portland, described environmental claims in general and asbestos claims in particular as “the shroud over the industry,” or harbingers of...
Nationwide Files Federal Suit to Stop Trademark Infringement
Aug 22 2001 // To protect its name and trademark, Nationwide, an international insurance and financial services leader, filed a federal trademark infringement suit against Florida-based Nationwide Insurance Group Inc. and The Nationwide...
Asbestos: Over 500,000 Claimants and $21 Billion and Counting
Aug 20 2001 // The RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) began analyzing asbestos litigation in the early 1980s in a study that was the first to examine the costs and compensation paid for asbestos personal injury claims. Other reports...
