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Michigan Court Rules for Insurer in Tragic Hit-and-Run
Jun 18 2012 // The Michigan Supreme Court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay benefits in a hit-and-run case because the incident wasn’t reported within 30 days. The court’s conservative majority overturned a...
Conn. Regulator: New Law Will Improve Oversight of Global Insurers
Jun 18 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi praised passage of two new laws that give the state greater financial oversight of large, globally active insurers and makes the state a more attractive place for...
Some Louisiana Citizens Customers
Jun 18 2012 // A last-minute provision added to legislation headed to the governor’s desk in early June delivered a price cut to south Louisiana property owners who get insurance through the state-run insurer of last...
Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Bar Insurance for Clawbacks
Jun 18 2012 // Executives at financial firms would no longer be able to buy insurance to protect themselves against compensation clawbacks or civil penalties under the legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Barney Frank late last...
Florida Court OK with Insurer Not Following Hurricane Deductible Notice to a ‘T’
Jun 18 2012 // The failure to strictly follow the requirements for providing policyholders with information about their hurricane deductible does not mean the deductible is unenforceable, Florida’s high court has ruled. The Florida...
Professional Liability Exposures Evolve with Changing Healthcare Environment
Jun 18 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
Ala. Gov. Bentley Touts New Homeowner’s Insurance Laws
Jun 15 2012 // Alabama’s governor visited the Gulf coast this week to promote new laws designed to make homeowner’s insurance more affordable after hurricanes drove up prices. Gov. Robert Bentley told Foley residents that he...
Insurance Executives Urge Political Stability in Florida
Jun 14 2012 // Until Florida creates an atmosphere of political and regulatory stability, and allows companies to turn a profit, the private market will remain reluctant to write homeowners in the state, said a panel of insurance...
Tennessee Court Rules on Workers’ Comp Statute of Limitations in Stress Case
Jun 13 2012 // A worker who witnessed the deaths of two co-workers but did not file a post-traumatic stress disorder claim until more than a year after the second death is still entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the...
Judge Rejects Challenge to Michigan’s Fireworks Insurance Law
Jun 12 2012 // A judge has rejected a challenge to the insurance requirement in Michigan’s new law expanding the sale of fireworks. Federal Judge Thomas Ludington in Bay City says he’s not going to trump the judgment of...
Gov. Scott to Florida Insurance Agents: There’s More Work Ahead
Jun 12 2012 // Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Florida has made a good start on addressing some of the state’s most pressing insurance issues such as pursuing ways to depopulate the state-backed homeowners insurer and reforming the no-fault...
Health Insurer UnitedHealth Vows to Keep Reforms Whatever Court Decides
Jun 11 2012 // UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer by market value, said it would maintain the health coverage protections included in President Barack Obama’s healthcare law regardless of how the Supreme Court...
Judge Questions Evidence in Gender Bias Claim Against Wal-Mart
Jun 11 2012 // A U.S. judge on Friday said he was “seriously concerned” about whether women suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had enough evidence to move forward with their refiled gender discrimination lawsuit. Plaintiffs alleging...
EU Insurers Still Coming to Terms with Solvency II as Start Date Nears
Jun 8 2012 // “Over the next 18 months it’s estimated that Ireland will spend 100 million euros (app. $125 million) on preparations for Solvency II (SII),” said Garvan O’Neill, a partner in...
Pennsylvania Judge: Insurer Must Cover Sandusky’s Legal Bills for Now
Jun 7 2012 // A judge ruled on Monday that Federal Insurance Co., part of Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, must continue to cover Jerry Sandusky’s defense costs, at least for now. Sandusky is the former Penn State assistant...
New Lawsuit For Southern California Officer In Homeless Death Case
Jun 7 2012 // A disabled man has filed a lawsuit against Fullerton police, saying he was abused by the same officer charged in the beating death of a homeless man. The Orange County Register reported Tuesday that Mark Edwin Walker says...
Judge Orders Iowa Contractor to Repay Customers
Jun 7 2012 // A Polk County, Iowa, judge ordered a West Des Moines contracting company to reimburse dozens of customers more than $160,000, barred the company and its owners from future residential contracting business, and restricted...
Louisiana Lawmakers Lower Costs for Citizens Customers Along Coast
Jun 7 2012 // A last-minute provision added to legislation headed to the governor’s desk will give some relief to coastal property owners who get insurance through Louisiana’s state-run insurer of last resort. The compromise...
Judge Decides for Defendants in C.M. Meiers Preliminary Injunction
Jun 6 2012 // Editor’s Note: See C.M. Meiers Preliminary Injunction Decided, But Far From Over for updates, more of the judge’s opinion, comments from attorneys, as well as legal analysis. A judge has rejected a request for...
Florida Court: No Penalty for Insurer Not Following Deductible Disclosure to a ‘T’
Jun 6 2012 // The failure to strictly follow the requirements for providing policyholders with information about their hurricane deductible does not mean the deductible is unenforceable, Florida’s high court has ruled. The Florida...
