Steven A. Meyerowitz

February 13, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has ruled that an auto insurer did not have to defend a woman who allegedly drove an insured car without permission and injured a third party, notwithstanding that the complaint against the woman alleged that she had implied permission to drive the car.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

7 minute read

February 13, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Third District Court of Appeal reverses the trial court on insurance exposure after a fire at an upscale Miami Beach burger eatery.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

9 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court in Colorado has ruled that an insurance company that insured a houseboat did not have to cover the claim of a woman who said she had been severely injured by a powerboat while she was floating on a kayak tethered to the houseboat.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Missouri Department of Insurance has reported that nearly 3,700 individuals were treated for autism-related conditions in 2018, receiving nearly 85,000 autism treatments of which 51,223 were applied behavioral analysis sessions covered under Missouri’s mandate.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The insurance commissioner of Kansas, Vicki Schmidt, has named Justin McFarland as general counsel to the insurance department.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

1 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A jury in New York has ruled that a driver must pay $1 million to a man injured when the driver struck his vehicle’s open door.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

An appellate court in Florida cited eight provisions in a commercial lease to conclude that the landlord’s insurer could bring a subrogation action against a tenant whose alleged negligence had caused fire damage to the rented building – notwithstanding that, under the lease, the tenant paid the majority of the premiums for the landlord’s fire insurance.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

9 minute read

February 12, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court has ruled that a woman’s designation as beneficiary of her former husband’s life insurance policy was revoked by operation of New Jersey law as a result of the couple’s divorce.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

February 12, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has recorded a large year-on-year increase in new reinsurance registrations, from 58 in 2017 to 75 in 2018.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

February 12, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court in California has ruled that a wrap-up exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy issued to a subcontractor did not preclude coverage of claims against the subcontractor where there was no possibility of duplicative coverage.

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read