Coaching Youth Hockey Bonds Insurance Pros On & Off The Rink April 19, 2022 By Ezra Amacher Rob McGaver was a few months into coaching his son’s youth hockey team when he wanted to know a little...
Fifth Circuit: Insurer Can’t Escape Coverage in Fatal Unloading Accident April 12, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An insurer can’t evade its duty to defend a Texas construction company sued over the death of a truck driver...
Sixth Circuit Sides With Distributor in Ohio Opioid Lawsuit Jurisdiction Dispute April 2, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An Ohio district court correctly granted a pharmaceutical distributor’s motion to remand to state court a case regarding whether its...
Texas High Court: Wrongful Death Suit Against Gentlemen’s Club in Hands of Arbitrator March 31, 2022 By Ezra Amacher Three terms in a written contract between a gentlemen’s club and a deceased employee are not so unclear as to...
Illinois Court: Insurer Must Defend IT Company in BIPA Suits March 30, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An insurer must defend an information technology company facing a pair of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuits, the U.S....
Illinois District Court: Insurer Cannot Rely on Employment-Related Exclusion in BIPA Suit March 9, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An Illinois federal judge said a policy exclusion for employment-related practices does not protect State Automobile Insurance Co. from defending...
For Omaha National Workers’ Comp Provider, Happiness Is Key to Hiring February 28, 2022 By Ezra Amacher When Omaha National president and CEO Reagan Pufall thinks back to how COVID-19 has affected recruiting and hiring at the...
Illinois Supreme Court: Privacy Claims Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Act February 4, 2022 By Ezra Amacher The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (IWCA) does not bar claims for statutory damages under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act...
Eighth Circuit: Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Janitorial Service Workplace Discrimination Suit February 3, 2022 By Ezra Amacher The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said that an insurer does not have to provide coverage...
Top 10 South Central Insurance Journal Stories of 2021 December 30, 2021 By Ezra Amacher Winter Storm Uri, Hurricane Ida and the fallouts from each storm dominated headlines in Insurance Journal’s South Central region in...