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].
March 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
National Association of Insurance Commissioners Releases 2018 Market Share DataThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has released data on life/fraternal and property/casualty insurers. The reports provide…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
March 12, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
South Carolina Supreme Court Says Insurers Can Bring Malpractice Case Against Lawyer It Hired to Defend InsuredThe Supreme Court of South Carolina has ruled that an insurance company could bring a direct malpractice action against counsel it hired to represent its…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
March 12, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Montana Supreme Court Finds Insurance Policy Prohibited Stacking, and Did Not Violate Public PolicyThe Supreme Court of Montana has ruled that an auto insurance policy prohibited stacking of benefits, and that the provision did not violate the state's…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
March 12, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
5th Circuit Affirms $2.5 Million Award to Mexican Farmworkers Injured Planting SugarcaneThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court's decision awarding $2.5 million to two Mexican citizens in the United…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
March 12, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Costco Captive Insurer Pays $3.6 Million in Back Taxes, Penalties to Washington Insurance DepartmentCaptive insurer NW Re Limited, of Phoenix, has agreed to pay the Washington Insurance Department $3.6 million to settle charges relating to unpaid premium…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
March 12, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Pedestrian Fatalities Are Highest Since 1990, Governors Group ReportsA new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association has projected that 6,227 pedestrian fatalities occurred in 2018, the highest number in nearly…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
March 11, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Medical Marijuana Paid for by Workers' Comp Insurer Is Okayed by New Hampshire Supreme CourtThe New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that state law did not bar a workers' compensation insurer from paying for medical marijuana for an injured…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
7 minute read
March 11, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Son Who Accidentally Shot Friend to Death Was Covered by LLC's Insurance Policy, Iowa Supreme Court RulesThe Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a commercial general liability insurance policy issued to a limited liability company covered claims arising from…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
6 minute read
March 11, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Ohio Supreme Court to Decide Allocation Theory Applicable to Insurance Policies Containing 'Those Sums' LanguageThe Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to answer the following question involving the allocation theory applicable to insurance policies containing “those…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
March 11, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Earth Movement Exclusion Applied to Any Earth Movement, Regardless of Cause, Mississippi Supreme Court RulesThe Supreme Court of Mississippi has broadly interpreted an earth movement exclusion in a homeowners' insurance policy, holding that it applied to any…
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read