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Daily Business Review

Major Insurance Bill, With AOB Fix, Headed to DeSantis

Passage of the bill was a major victory for insurers and business groups, which have argued that assignment of benefits abuses and excessive litigation have driven up homeowners' insurance premiums.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Seismic' Insurance Stacking Decision Applies Retroactively, Federal Judge Rules

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's "seismic" decision to invalidate the household exclusion as a means of getting around providing stacking coverage should apply retroactively, a federal judge has ruled in a decision that could impact several class action lawsuits pending in the Keystone State.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Federal Court Rejects Homeowners' Claims Under Lender-Placed Insurance Policies

A federal district court in New Jersey has dismissed a homeowner's claims against his mortgage servicers and the insurers that issued lender-placed insurance policies on his property.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Care, Custody, Control' Exclusion Precluded Coverage of Claim for Damaged Opals

An appellate court in New Jersey has ruled that an insurance company had no duty to defend its insured in a lawsuit alleging that it damaged more than $4 million worth of opals while trying to open a safe that was in its care, custody, and control.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bernstein Liebhard Still Seeking $13 Million in Fire Insurance Suit

The plaintiffs firm argues that a New York appellate decision left the door open for it to recover more than $13 million from its insurer after a fire ripped through its office.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Community College Sues AIG for Revoking Coverage of Whistleblower Lawsuit

Mercer County Community College seeks a judgment that AIG Claims is obligated to defend and indemnify the college and its administrators in connection with the college head of security's lawsuit.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Cannabis Legalization in NJ: Protecting the Garden State's Plants and Other Insurance Related Issues

In the immediate aftermath of legalization (if and when it occurs), New Jersey cannabis businesses will have to pay even greater attention to the specifics of their policies and insurers.
7 minute read

The Recorder

One Year Suit Limitation Clause Barred Insured's Action Against Insurer, 9th Circuit Rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a homeowners' insurance policy's one year suit limitation provision prevented homeowners from recovering under their policy.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Grant Expedited Appeal as End Date Looms for UPMC-Highmark Consent Decrees

With a June 30 deadline fast approaching, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted a request by the state and health insurer Highmark to decide whether consent decrees between Highmark and health care network UPMC should be extended indefinitely until litigation between the two feuding companies is resolved.
6 minute read

The Recorder

ERISA Exclusion Barred Coverage of Claim Company Violated Its Fiduciary Duties Under ERISA

A federal district has ruled that an exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy precluded coverage of a lawsuit alleging that the insured company had violated its fiduciary duties under ERISA.
5 minute read

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