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Agents and Coverage Opinions
Aug 6 2001 // Insurance intermediaries—agents, brokers, and the like—do all sorts of things for their customers and clients. They help them select coverages. They help select insurers. They shop for price. They prepare applications....
Court Affirms Noninsured Can’t Sue Insurer for Alleged Negligence to Policyholder
Aug 3 2001 // The California Court of Appeal has affirmed a ruling that a person not covered by an insurance policy cannot sue the insurer for alleged negligence for delaying payment to the person who is insured. The ruling in Adelman...
Bridgestone/Firestone Settles Almost 40% of Personal Injury Suits
Jul 25 2001 // Nashville-based Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. has reportedly settled approximately 40 percent of personal-injury lawsuits filed against the company over its recalled Wilderness AT and ATX tires. According to an AP article,...
Horace Mann Finalizes Settlement in Insurance Lawsuit
Jul 20 2001 // Illinois-based Horace Mann has submitted a settlement deal to the court regarding a class action suit, which was levied against the company from customers who purchased a variety of disability policies. The parties...
Court Decides for DCM in Lawsuit over Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Jul 20 2001 // The California Superior Court in Santa Ana entered judgment on March 12, 2001, in favor of Direct Contact Marketing (DCM), exonerating its CEO, Darren Clevenger, and its sales manager, Dion Gutierrez, of allegations in a...
Horace Mann Finalizes Settlement in Insurance Lawsuit
Jul 18 2001 // Illinois-based Horace Mann has submitted a settlement deal to the court regarding a class action suit that was levied against the company from customers who purchased a variety of disability policies. The parties involved...
NJ Man Drops Airbag Lawsuit, as Revelations Raise Questions
Jul 9 2001 // Eric V. Thomas, a New Jersey Dentist, has dropped his suit against the Ford Motor Company following revelations which put in question the cause of his wife’s death in an auto accident in 1997, and established that he...
SilkAir Insurers Sue Over 1997 Crash
Jul 9 2001 // Singapore Aviation and General Insurance Company has filed two lawsuits, one in New York, and the other in Los Angeles, seeking some $55 million in damages from Boeing and several aircraft component manufacturers related...
Lawsuit Alleging Race Discrimination in Nursing Home Settled for $1.2M
Jul 9 2001 // Beverly Enterprises Inc., the nation’s largest operator of nursing homes, will pay $1.2 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit, according to an Associated Press story. Nine former workers claimed that...
Class-Action Status Up In Smoke in Tobacco Suits
Jul 9 2001 // Four lawsuits that were filed against tobacco companies were turned down in a bid for class-action certification following the decision of a federal judge who stated the claims had individual issues. Industry experts,...
MetLife Ordered To Respond to Rate Discrimination Suit
Jun 27 2001 // A U.S. District Court Judge on Tuesday ordered MetLife Inc. to respond to charges that it consistently charged black Americans higher premiums than whites for low cost life insurance and burial policies. By failing to...
CLASS ACTION FILED OVER CAP PLAN
Jun 25 2001 // The law firm of Dwyer & Collora LLP announced that on June 8, Federal Judge Robert E. Keeton of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts certified state classes for four states, including Massachusetts and...
New Lawsuit Against Crédit Lyonnais – French Gov’t. Responds
Jun 21 2001 // California Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s lawsuit against Crédit Lyonnais (CL) and a number of other defendants, filed Tuesday in San Francisco, is the latest legal action involving the French bank and its...
Class Action Suit Filed Against Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup and Travelers Group
Jun 19 2001 // The law firm of Dwyer & Collora LLP announced that on Friday, June 8, 2001, Federal Judge Robert E. Keeton of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts certified state classes for four states, including Massachusetts...
Alliance, AFACT Ask Governor to Veto WC and Litigation-Cost Control Bills
Jun 18 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers is on record as having asked Texas Gov. Rick Perry to veto two insurance-related bills One of the bills, SB 1654, is also opposed by the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies of...
Agent Target of Galapagos Oil Spill Lawsuit Threat; Policy Was Cancelled
Jun 18 2001 // Lawyers for Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands plan to sue for damages in the wake of an oil spill, according to several news reports; however, the Miamai, Florida-based insurance agency that placed the coverage maintains...
Companies File Lawsuit to Fight No-Fault
Jun 14 2001 // Three insurance companies have filed a civil lawsuit in Southern District Court in New York County, looking to combat a multi-million dollar fraud enterprise that set up shop in the Bronx, Queens and Long Island. Allstate,...
Ohio Insurance Director Sues Credit General
Jun 14 2001 // Ohio’s Director of Insurance Lee Covington, acting in his capacity as liquidator of property and casualty insurer of Credit General Insurance Company, sued the previous owner and officers of Credit General, alleging...
Coverages for Contractors: Only the Strong Survive as a Tough Market Gets Tougher
Jun 11 2001 // What’s the biggest problem area in the California insurance market these days?” When asked that question, most in the know would probably, without any hesitation, reply, “Workers’ comp.” But...
Auto Insurance Companies to Face Multi-Million-Dollar Lawsuit
Jun 7 2001 // A multi-million-dollar class-action lawsuit has been authorized by the board of directors of the National Auto Agents Alliance (NAAA) Board against several insurers. The lawsuit questions the legality of insurers reducing...
