Steven A. Meyerowitz

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].

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January 29, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

When Does a Worker’s Disability Begin?

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that because an employer paid a worker his full wages for the day on which he was injured, his disability began on the next day for purposes of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act.

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

6 minute read

January 29, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

MetLife to Pay $19.75 Million Fine to New York – and $189 Million in Retroactive Benefits – to Settle Allegations of Annuity Failures Going Back Decades

The New York State Department of Financial Services has entered into a consent order with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company under which the insurer will pay a penalty of $19,750,000 to settle allegations that it violated New York Insurance Law by failing to properly locate and pay benefits to thousands of New York insureds and beneficiaries.

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

4 minute read

January 28, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Auto Insurer Did Not Have to Investigate Each Potential Insured's Personal Health Insurance

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

7 minute read

January 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Massachusetts Governor Files Bill on Cannabis-Impaired Driving

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has filed legislation to implement the recommendations made by the Cannabis Control Commission's Special Commission…

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

4 minute read

January 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Texas to Form Connected and Automated Vehicle Task Force

The Texas Department of Transportation has announced that it is creating a connected and autonomous vehicle task force to become a central point for connected and autonomous vehicle advancement in Texas.

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

2 minute read

January 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Oklahoma Supreme Court Asked to Decide When Insured Is “Prevailing Party” in Suit Against Insurer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has certified two questions to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, both involving how to determine the “prevailing…

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

4 minute read

January 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Insurer Lacked Standing to Bring Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm It Retained to Represent Insured

An appellate court in Florida has ruled that an insurer lacked standing to bring a legal malpractice action against a law firm it had retained to defend…

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

3 minute read

January 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Texas Supreme Court Finds Insurance Coverage in Another Deepwater Horizon Case

The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that an insurance policy issued to the minority owners in the Deepwater Horizon operation did not limit their right…

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

7 minute read

January 28, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

When a Named Insured’s Employee Is Dead, Does “Named Insured” Exclusion Bar Coverage?

A federal district court in New Jersey has ruled that the “Named Insured versus Named Insured” exclusion in an insurance policy did not bar…

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

5 minute read

January 24, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

California’s Department of Insurance Has First Latina Chief Deputy and Nation’s First Executive Position to Fight Climate Change

California’s insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, has named the first Latina chief deputy in the history of the California Department of Insurance…

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

2 minute read

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