Steven A. Meyerowitz

February 12, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

An Arizona court has upheld a decision awarding death benefits to the widow of a worker whom the employer contended could not have been his employee because the worker was an “illegal alien.”

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

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February 12, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

An unlicensed plastic surgeon, Brad Jacobs, of Westbury, New York, has been convicted of engaging in a four year scheme to illegally perform surgeries on patients and of committing a massive disability insurance and welfare fraud scheme.

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

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February 11, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the owner of an apartment building in Louisville, Kentucky, that suffered water damage in a rainstorm was not entitled to coverage of its $1.3 million claim where it waited 12 days to notify its insurer of the loss.

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

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February 11, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that an insured that dismissed counsel appointed by its insurer might be liable to the insurer for breach of the duty to cooperate if the insurer could show prejudice after resolution of the underlying suit against the insured.

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

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February 11, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affirming a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, has ruled that a pollution exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy precluded coverage of a claim by an employee who developed an occupational disease known as welder’s lung.

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

3 minute read

February 11, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Switzerland’s president, Ueli Maurer, has signed an agreement on direct insurance other than life assurance with the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond

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

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February 11, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Erin K. Hunter has been appointed acting insurance commissioner by West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice.

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

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February 11, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, affirming a district court’s decision, has ruled that an excess insurance policy that “expressly state[d]” that it was subject to exclusions in the underlying coverage was subject to an exclusion incorporated into the underlying policy through an endorsement.

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

4 minute read

February 08, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

This story is reprinted with permission from FC&S Legal, the industry's only comprehensive digital resource designed for insurance coverage law professionals.…

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

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February 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review

A federal magistrate in West Palm Beach finds an insurance company didn't waive attorney-client privilege on documents even when litigation wasn't anticipated.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

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