Steven A. Meyerowitz

February 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Delaware Department of Insurance licensed 46 captive insurers in 2018.

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

2 minute read

February 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a primary insurer that paid a settlement demand in good faith to avoid potentially greater liability that could arise from a future coverage determination had acted voluntarily and could not recover the payment from an excess carrier.

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

7 minute read

February 04, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that an electrical currents exclusion in an insurance policy precluded coverage for damage to a power plant caused when a squirrel found its way onto an electrical transformer and triggered an electrical arc.

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

4 minute read

February 01, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

An appellate court in Pennsylvania has ruled that an exclusion in an auto insurance policy precluded coverage of a motorcyclist's claim for injuries he suffered when he collided with another driver's automobile.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

January 31, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

An appellate court in New Jersey has issued a decision that limits the personal injury protection payments auto insurers must make to ambulatory surgical centers.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

January 31, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has named its 2019 committee chairs and vice chairs.

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

2 minute read

January 31, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Kansas insurance commissioner, Vicki Schmidt, has appointed Dennis Jones as director of anti-fraud.

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

2 minute read

January 31, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

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. The court's reasoning may not be able to withstand close scrutiny.

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

4 minute read

January 31, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that, in an attorney malpractice case, the client-plaintiff had the burden of proving that any underlying judgment would have been collectible – and that the “best evidence” of collectibility was proof of the underlying defendant’s insurance coverage.

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

6 minute read

January 31, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that an insured’s Facebook post precluded insurance coverage of a trademark infringement lawsuit against the insured because of the prior publication exclusion in the insurance policy.

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

5 minute read