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Daily Business Review

Florida Legislature Passes Assignment of Benefits Insurance Claim Reform

After trying and failing for seven years, the Florida legislature this year passed sweeping legislation to reform the insurance industry practice known as assignment of benefits (AOB).
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Drops Review of Controversial AOB Insurance Case

Discharging jurisdiction is at the court's discretion, but it was a close call, sparking dissents from the court's three newest justices: Barbara Lagoa, Robert Luck and Carlos Muniz.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Association's Insurance Did Not Cover Lawsuit Filed by Condo Owner

U.S. District Judge Robert Scola found no insurance coverage requirement when a condo owner sued her association claiming a hurricane repair contractor damaged her unit.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Del. Court Orders Insurers to Provide Coverage in $486M Settlement of Pfizer NY Shareholder Dispute

A Delaware judge has ruled that two of Pfizer Inc.'s insurers must cover the costs associated with a $486 million settlement in a New York shareholder suit that accused the pharmaceutical giant of misleading investors about the health risks associated with two anti-inflammatory drugs.
4 minute read

International Edition

KWM Hires Financial Services Partner From Herbert Smith Freehills

Sarah Yu, who specialises in superannuation and life insurance, worked at Herbert Smith Freehills for 20 years.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Appeals Court Rules Dentist's License Rightfully Revoked for Crime, Despite No Harm to Patients

In affirming the Board of Regents' decision to revoke the license of longtime dentist Dmitry Epelboym, the Appellate Division, Third Department wrote that “the absence of patient harm does not preclude a penalty of license revocation.”
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Clarifies Definition of 'Disinterested' Appraiser in Insurance Dispute

The appellate court ruled a couple's public adjuster could not serve as their "disinterested" appraiser in a lawsuit against State Farm.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Claims-Made Insurance Policies and the Notice-Prejudice Rule Under Pa. Law

Claims-made insurance policies provide coverage for claims made during the policy period regardless of when the events out of which the claim arose occurred.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

What's in a Modifier? How Insurance Policy Exclusions Are Interpreted in NJ

The interchangeable use of undefined modifier phrases (“arising out of,” “based on,” etc.) has required courts to consider whether, based on the interpretation of those modifiers, an exclusion potentially applies as a bar to coverage for a particular claim.
7 minute read

International Edition

Dispute Erupts as UK Firms' Brexit Plans Are Thrown Into Doubt

High stakes discussions with The Law Society of Ireland centre on the ability to practice Irish law from outside of the country.
3 minute read

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