Steven A. Meyerowitz, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the founder and president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. He may be contacted at [email protected].
October 17, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Obtains $16 Million from Anthem for Data BreachAnthem, Inc., has agreed to pay $16 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), and take…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
October 17, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
New York Obtains $5.78 Million in Restitution from Sentinel and Selective Insurance CompaniesThe New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has entered into consent orders with Sentinel Insurance Company and Selective…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
October 17, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
After Defense Asserted That Bowling May Have Caused Plaintiff's Injuries, Jury Awards Him Only $1,082.93A Texas jury has awarded a plaintiff in a negligence action $1,082.93 after the defense contended that the plaintiff's alleged injuries may have been…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
October 17, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael May Reach $10 Billion, AIR Worldwide EstimatesCatastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has estimated that industry insured losses resulting from Hurricane Michael’s winds and storm surge…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
October 17, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Law Firm Collecting Subrogated Claim for Insurer Was Not Subject to State’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Colorado Supreme Court RulesThe Supreme Court of Colorado has ruled that a law firm representing an insurer to collect an insurance subrogation claim was not subject to the state’s…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
6 minute read
October 17, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Interpreting “Occurrence” for a Sovereign Immunity Waiver? Don’t Rely on Insurance Coverage Cases, Florida Appeals Court Says.In a case of first impression, a Florida appellate court has ruled that the term “occurrence” in a Florida statute waiving sovereign immunity…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
October 16, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Insureds’ Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer Withstands Motion to DismissA Pennsylvania district court has denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss a bad faith claim brought by two insureds, concluding that they had pleaded…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
October 16, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
States and Aetna Settle Over Privacy ViolationsNew Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, and the District of Columbia have reached a settlement with Aetna, Inc., over allegations that the company improperly…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
October 16, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
New York Has Highest Workers’ Comp Costs, Oregon Study FindsAn analysis of workers’ compensation rates by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (“DCBS”) has found that New York…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
October 16, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Citing “Dual Employment” Rule, 8th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Trainee’s Negligence Suit Against MentorThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that a trainee could not bring a negligence suit against his mentor and that his exclusive remedy…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
7 minute read
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