Steven A. Meyerowitz

February 07, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Iowa Insurance Division now is home to the Senior Medicare Patrol, a statewide resource for Iowans to report Medicare fraud.

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

4 minute read

February 07, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A U.S. magistrate judge in Florida has issued a decision that significantly expands the scope of the attorney-client privilege for insurers involved in coverage lawsuits with insureds.

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

5 minute read

February 07, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Cayman’s international insurance industry enjoyed a strong 2018, according to figures published by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.

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

2 minute read

February 07, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court in Georgia has ruled that an insurer that provided a defense to two insureds before sending reservation of rights letters was estopped from denying them coverage.

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

4 minute read

February 07, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A Louisiana appellate court has reversed course and rejected its prior decision that first-party bad faith claims against insurers are subject to a one-year prescriptive period. Rather, the appellate court now has ruled that they are subject to a 10-year prescriptive period.

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

4 minute read

February 07, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

In a case of first impression, a U.S. magistrate judge in Texas has ruled that a claimant’s delayed retention of an attorney did not excuse its failure to timely provide presuit notice to its insurer as required by Texas law.

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

5 minute read

February 06, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has remanded an insurance coverage case to state court after deciding that the defendant insurer should have known that the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000 from the insureds' complaint and, therefore, that its removal months after the complaint was filed was untimely.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

February 06, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

An appellate court in California has affirmed a trial court’s decision confirming an $18.45 million arbitration award in favor of an insurer against a third-party claims service administrator.

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

4 minute read

February 06, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

An appellate court in Pennsylvania has ruled that a “regular use” exclusion in a personal automobile insurance policy applied where the insured was in an accident while driving his employer’s truck even though he only had driven that same truck two other times.

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

3 minute read

February 06, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A woman injured in a livery vehicle in Manhattan has been awarded $100,000 in damages.

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

2 minute read