Steven A. Meyerowitz

December 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

An Illinois court has ruled that a commercial general liability insurance carrier had no duty to defend its insured in a lawsuit brought by the state of Illinois where the insured had not notified the insurer of the lawsuit until six years after it had been filed.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

December 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom weighs whether and when attorney fees should be counted against the minimum for the amount in controversy.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

December 05, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

A federal district court in Texas has granted an insured's application and compelled the parties to appoint appraisers – even though the appraiser may need to make a decision on causation.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

December 05, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

A federal district court in California has denied an insurance company's motion to compel appraisal, finding that the issues in dispute were not subject to the insurance policy's appraisal provision.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

December 05, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

A federal district court in California has denied a motion by two insureds to compel arbitration of their claim for underinsured motorist benefits.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

December 05, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The Tenth Circuit has ruled that a jury must decide whether a car accident proximately caused the insured's subsequent overdose and resulting death.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

December 05, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The commissioner of the Connecticut Insurance Department has issued a cease and desist order against Aliera Companies, Inc., and Trinity Healthshare, Inc.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

December 05, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

California's insurance commissioner has issued an emergency notice to all property and casualty insurance companies doing business in California, requesting that they expedite claims handling for California wildfire survivors.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

December 04, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The Supreme Court of Washington has ruled that an insurance carrier's wrongful withholding of personal injury protection benefits injured the insured in his or her "business or property" within the meaning of the Washington Consumer Protection Act.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read

December 04, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The Supreme Court of Alabama, in an insurance coverage case, has ruled that a party, by seeking indemnity and thereby placing the reasonableness and good faith of a settlement in issue, did not waive the attorney-client privilege or the protection afforded by the work-product doctrine.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read