Director Esq Steven A Meyerowitz

March 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A couple from Morris County, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to stealing $152,820 by filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related to Superstorm Sandy.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

March 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed legislation that would mandate that large group insurance providers cover in vitro fertilization services and that also would require some other insurance providers to cover egg-freezing services for women with certain health conditions.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

March 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A decision by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts concerning Massachusetts’ six-year statute of repose effectively bars all or nearly all tort claims arising from negligence in the use or handling of asbestos in construction-related suits.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

7 minute read

March 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court in Georgia, finding that a couple reported different asset values to the bankruptcy court and, after a fire, to their insurer, ruled that they sought to “make a mockery of the judicial system” and estopped them from seeking a large payment from their insurer.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read

March 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A Florida appellate court has ruled that the 60 day cure period for bad faith by an insurer begins when an insured files a civil remedy notice – not when the insurer receives a copy of it.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read

February 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has reversed a district court’s decision ordering a title insurer to pay $675,000 in damages and nearly $290,000 in attorneys’ fees to a bank, finding that the underlying claim against the bank was not covered by the title insurance policy.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

February 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has rejected an insurance company’s contention that its insured violated the cooperation clause in its commercial general liability insurance policy by refusing the insurer’s request to dismiss a claim the insured filed against a third party in order to facilitate settlement of a claim against the insured in a case the insurer was defending under a reservation of rights.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

February 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that an insurer that paid for the insured’s husband’s funeral did not waive its right to assert that an exclusion in its policy precluded coverage for an accident allegedly involving the insured’s husband, an ATV, and a sandrail.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

February 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court in California has ruled that where the only factor tying a case brought in the Northern District of California by an insured against her insurance company was the location of the insured’s lawyer, venue should be transferred to Ohio.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

February 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has nominated Andrew N. Mais of Wilton to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Insurance Department.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read