Director Esq Steven A Meyerowitz
October 30, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Washington Insurance Commissioner Says United Healthcare Illegally Denied 276 Health Claims Filed by Women; Fines Company $50,000The insurance commissioner in the state of Washington, Mike Kreidler, has fined United Healthcare of Washington Inc. $50,000 after finding that it illegally…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
1 minute read
October 30, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Auto Insurer Did Not Have to See if Driver Was Licensed Before Issuing Insurance PolicyAn appellate court in California, affirming a trial court’s decision, has ruled that an auto insurer had no duty to determine if an applicant for…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
October 30, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Montana Supreme Court Rejects Privacy Challenge to IME Provision of Workers’ Comp LawThe Montana Supreme Court has ruled that a section of Montana law permitting workers’ compensation insurers to obtain multiple medical examinations…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
October 29, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Insurance Policy Excluded Coverage for Suit Alleging Misrepresentations and Omissions of Material Fact Relating to Securities SalesA federal district court in Florida has ruled that an exclusion in a directors and officers insurance policy precluded coverage for a lawsuit alleging…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
October 29, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
N.Y. City Awarded $1 Million Against Lessee – and Its General Partner – for Failing to Obtain InsuranceAn appellate court in New York has granted summary judgment in favor of New York City against a partnership to which it had leased real property –…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
October 29, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Andrew Kurata Appointed Hawaii’s Captive Insurance AdministratorAndrew Kurata has been appointed deputy commissioner and captive insurance administrator at Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
October 29, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Debra Knight Is New Deputy Commissioner of Compliance and Investigations in TexasCassie Brown, Texas’ workers’ compensation commissioner, has named Debra Knight as the new deputy commissioner of compliance and investigations.This…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
October 29, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Court Applies Florida Supreme Court Decision from 1985, Not 2014, in Insurance Dispute Over “Failure to Cooperate” DefenseAn appellate court in an insurance coverage case has reversed a trial court’s decision in favor of an insurance company, concluding that a 1985 decision…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
October 29, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Fifth Circuit’s Broad Reading of “Contracted Persons” Exclusion Dooms Insurance Coverage of Lawsuit Against InsuredThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, reversing a decision by a federal district court in Texas, has ruled that a “contracted persons”…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
October 25, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
100-Year-Old Federal Law Barred VA Worker’s Damages Suit Against Federal GovernmentA federal district court in Georgia has ruled that a law enacted by Congress over 100 years ago barred a lawsuit filed by a former employee at a medical…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
