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Steven A. Meyerowitz

Steven A. Meyerowitz

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].

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July 17, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Earthquake Insurance Market Near Collapse in Earthquake-Prone Area of Missouri, Insurance Department Says

The Missouri Department of Insurance issued a new report that highlights some sobering facts about Missouri's insurance market's readiness to recover following a high magnitude quake in the New Madrid fault area.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

July 17, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Texas Jury Finds Unknown Driver Caused Highway Accident

A Texas jury has concluded that an unknown driver was the proximate cause of an auto accident in which the plaintiff alleged that she was injured.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

July 16, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

$349,000 Award to Comcast Is Reversed After Court Finds It Was Not an Additional Insured Under Contractor's Insurance Policy

An appellate court in New Jersey has reversed a trial court decision ordering an insurance company to pay over $349,000 to Comcast of Garden State, LP.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

July 16, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

School District's Insurance Policies Did Not Cover Its Suit Against Its Superintendent, 6th Circuit Says

The Sixth Circuit has ruled that a superintendent sued by his school district was not an insured under insurance policies that had been issued to the district.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

July 16, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Water Exclusion Was Ambiguous, Ohio Appellate Court Decides

An Ohio appellate court has ruled that an exclusion in an insurance policy for “[w]ater that backs up or overflows from a sewer” was ambiguous and did not necessarily exclude coverage for raw sewage that backed up from a sewer.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

July 16, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Ohio Bureau of Workers' Comp Approves $1.5 Billion Payment to Ohio Employers

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has agreed to send $1.5 billion of its revenues to Ohio employers covered by its system.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

July 16, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Washington Insurance Department Fines Pet Insurer Trupanion $100,000

The Washington Insurance Department has fined Trupanion Managers USA, Inc., $100,000 after finding that it violated Washington state insurance laws and rules.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

July 15, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

'War' Exclusions Did Not Bar Insurance Coverage of Damage Caused by Rockets Fired by Hamas into Israel, 9th Circuit Rules

The Ninth Circuit has ruled that an insurance company could not rely on two “war” exclusions in its policy to deny coverage to its insured for damages the insured suffered after Hamas fired rockets from Gaza into Israel.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

July 15, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Michigan Supreme Court Rejects Insurer's Reading of 'Uninsured Motor Vehicle'

The Supreme Court of Michigan has issued a decision that broadens the kinds of situations in which policyholders will be able to recover uninsured motorist benefits from their insurance companies.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

July 15, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Insurance Policy's Pollutant Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Claim

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has ruled that carbon monoxide was a pollutant for purposes of an insurance policy's pollutant exclusion.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read