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Calif. Commissioner Addresses Needs for Reform to Workers’ Comp
May 6 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi spoke recently to the Assembly Insurance Committee in Sacramento. Below are his comments as provided by the Calif. Department of Insurance. Chairman Vargas and Committee...
Full Speed Ahead
May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...
Full Speed Ahead
May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...
Tort Reform Advocates Strike While Iron is Hot
May 5 2003 // Only weeks ago it seemed that a series of well-publicized doctor walkouts across the nation had led not only to political pressure to enact malpractice award caps in crisis states but action at the national level as well....
Brief Filed for Sex Harassment Class Action Against Aon Subsidiary
May 5 2003 // A brief filed Friday supporting class certification in sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against an Aon subsidiary, Combined Insurance Co. of America, included excerpts from 128 declarations signed by former and...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against GAINSCO
Apr 29 2003 // Dallas-based GAINSCO INC. was hit with a class action lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of purchasers of the company’s publicly traded securities during...
ZFS Notes Dismissal of Holocaust Class Action
Apr 28 2003 // Zurich Financial Services announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed with prejudice the class action brought by several Holocaust victims against member companies of the...
Mitchell Believes CCC Patent Lawsuit Has No Merit
Apr 24 2003 // Insurance software provider CCC Information Services Inc. filed suit against Mitchell International in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging that certain Mitchell software products,...
Senate Judiciary Comm. Passes Class Action Reform
Apr 14 2003 // The Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday passed S. 274, the Class Action Fairness Act of 2003, legislation that would reportedly help rein in out-of-control class action awards by limiting the practice of “venue...
Lloyd’s Chairman Blasts U.S. “Litigious Culture”
Apr 9 2003 // “The U.S. litigation system, if left unchecked, will destroy the American spirit of enterprise and drain the U.S. economy,” was the stark message given by Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene in a speech...
InsureVianet Expands State Availability for Exec. Liab. Suite
Apr 8 2003 // InsureVianet announced it has expanded the number of states for its online Executive Liability Suite by 16 additional states and the District of Columbia, bringing to 38 the total number of states in which the company...
Judge Rules in Favor of State Fund in A&J Liquor Class Action Suit
Apr 8 2003 // A tentative ruling in the class action lawsuit A&J Liquor Co. Inc., et al v. State Compensation Insurance Fund found in favor of California’s largest workers’ comp insurer April 7. San Francisco Superior...
NYC Mayor Warns WTC Liability Suits Could Bankrupt City
Apr 2 2003 // New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the committee investigating the Sept. 11 attacks that personal injury lawsuits against the city by persons claiming they’ve suffered long-term health damage as a result of the...
InsWeb, eHealthInsurance.com Conclude Litigation
Mar 25 2003 // InsWeb Corp., a producer of automobile insurance in the U.S., announced that a settlement has been reached in its litigation with eHealthInsurance.com. The litigation stemmed from eHealthInsurance’s decision in...
Clarifying ‘Election of Remedies’ in Workers’ Comp Claims
Mar 24 2003 // In a flurry of recent cases, Texas courts have tried to clarify various issues regarding election of remedies in the context of workers’ compensation insurance. These issues arise in various circumstances. Two...
Chicago Nightclub Insurer Sues to Avoid Payment
Mar 20 2003 // Liquor establishment specialty insurer Illinois Casualty Co. has filed suit to avoid payment on two policies held by the Chicago nightclub and restaurant where 21 people died last month in a stampede, according to the...
EPLI Market on the Run
Mar 10 2003 // It is often said that every situation has a light at the end of the tunnel, but the employment practices liability scene may have to squint just a little harder to see those rays of hope while higher prices, more courtroom...
Insurance Still on the Table at the 78th Texas Legislature
Mar 10 2003 // As promised, the 78th Texas Legislature is on a roll with insurance reform, with one bill having been signed into law and many more in committees or on their way to the House and Senate floors. Among the proposed...
AAI Applauds House Introduction of Class Action Reform Leg., Encourages Swift Passage
Mar 6 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) calls the class action reform legislation introduced in the House by Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Rep. Rick Boucher...
Broker Fees Raise Questions in Mercury Lawsuit
Feb 24 2003 // A lawsuit filed by a private citizen questioned the legality of broker fees being collected by Mercury Insurance Company producers, according to the American Agents Alliance. A preliminary ruling in the San Francisco...
