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Connecticut Law Tribune

Big Data: Insurance Innovation and Regulation

The use of big data and analytics, and other innovative technologies, is transforming the way the insurance business is being conducted. This article…
6 minute read

The Recorder

Williby v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.

9th Cir.; 15-56394 The court of appeals vacated a judgment and remanded. The court held that the district court erred in applying a de novo standard…
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

McLaughlin & Stern to Pick Up Ex-Clausen Miller Partner

Nelson Canter, who 14 years ago walked away from his post as an office managing partner at Clausen Miller to start his own firm, is now taking that practice to McLaughlin & Stern. In October, the former town justice in Westchester County, New York, will become head of his new firm's insurance subrogation practice.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Chipping Away at the Insurance Bedrock

Insurance companies are attempting to chip away at an edifice that has stood without judicial challenge for over 50 years: that insurance polices are contracts of adhesion.
16 minute read

The Recorder

Energy Insurance Mutual Limited v. Ace American Insurance Company

C.A. 1st; A140656 The First Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that where claims of “ordinary, common law negligence”…
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Penn Nat'l Security Ins. Co. v. Kapinus, PICS Case No. 17-1169 (C.P. Lackawanna July 12, 2017) Nealon, J. (21 pages).

Based on the unambiguous language of an insurance policy, a material misrepresentation by an insured to the insurer could void the policy even though the statement was allegedly made in connection with a claim, rather than at the time of the initial application. The insured was only required to cooperate in providing documentation in connection with a claim, and not with the insurer's attempt to deny coverage based on a policy exclusion.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC v. CNA d/b/a Continental Casualty Co. et al, PICS Case No. 17-1147 (C.P. Philadelphia June 28, 2017) Djerassi, J. (8 pages).

The defendant insurer was obligated to provide a defense to plaintiff, a manufacturer of fire engines facing hundreds of firefighter claims of occupational noise-induced hearing loss, where the coverage provided was primary under the general provisions of the applicable policies rather than excess, as the insurer maintained. The court denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ridesharing Legislation May Trigger New Wave of Litigation

On July 1, Florida legislators enacted a new law, Florida Statute Section 627.748, imposing new insurance requirements for ridesharing companies; and, provides for new requirements for auto insurance coverage that affect TNCs and personal auto insurance companies. The statute provides up to $1 million in coverage for those involved in an accident. With such high coverage at stake, auto insurance companies may be exposed to a new wave of litigation, write Cecile S. Mendizabal and Lisette M. Alvarez.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Insurer That Initially Denied Lyft Driver's Claim, But Ultimately Paid It, Defeats Driver's Lawsuit

A federal district court in Washington has dismissed a Lyft driver's lawsuit against his personal automobile insurer, finding that the insurer's initial denial of his claim had been reasonable.
8 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields, Linklaters and Sullivan lead as Goldman Sachs sells final stake in £2bn Rothesay

Elite line-up of firms advise as consortium including Blackstone and GIC takes stake in insurer
2 minute read

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