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Corporate Counsel

The Disparagement Dilemma: Insurance Coverage for the Defense and Indemnity of Product Disparagement Claims

For decades, retailers and all other kinds of companies have faced suits alleging breach of contract, unfair trade practices or tortious interference. For some lucky insureds, courts have found coverage for these lawsuits where they include allegations of product disparagement—a covered "personal and advertising injury" under typical commercial general liability policies.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Bill Would Mandate Insurance Coverage for 3-D Mammograms

A bill pending in the Texas legislature would, if adopted, require certain health insurance plans to cover three-dimensional mammograms for women.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. JPC Grp., Inc., PICS Case No. 17-0433 (Pa. Commw. March 9, 2017) Leavitt, J. (17 pages).

By | March 24, 2017
A demolition contractor was not an employee of a municipality where the city did not possess requisite control over the way contractor performed its demolition work. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Anthem, in DC Circuit, Fights to Save $54B Cigna Merger

Health insurer Anthem Inc. pressed Friday to salvage its proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp., arguing before a Washington federal appeals court that the deal would drive down costs for consumers.
23 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insolvent Insurer's Coverage Denial Needs Judicial Review

An insurer's pre-insolvency denial of coverage, without judicial confirmation, does not defeat a covered claim under the Pennsylvania Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Act, the state Superior Court has ruled.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Four Pitfalls to Avoid in a Cyberinsurance Policy

As more and more companies enter the burgeoning cyberinsurance marketplace, they often ask policyholder counsel like me how they can choose the best cyberpolicy when confronted with so many choices. When the marketplace was still in its infancy just a few years ago, this was a considerably harder question because the policy forms, including the scope of first party and liability coverages being offered by different insurers, varied so drastically.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Data Obstacles Hamper Cyber Insurance Growth

Insurance providers need to work to change the view of cyber insurance as many buyers as insufficient, uncertain, or too costly for the value offered.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Making Smart Settlements When Insurance Is Involved

If your company is sued, and insurance coverage is involved, settling both the claim against you (the underlying claim) and your insurance claim can get complicated. If you are not careful, a settlement of the underlying claim can adversely affect your insurance coverage, as can settling with fewer than all insurers where more than one policy provides coverage for a claim. Here are some common settlement scenarios and practical tips to help policyholders make smart settlements to maximize existing insurance coverage.
18 minute read

Daily Business Review

Senate Moves to End Insurance Industry Tax Break

Insurance-industry officials remained adamant that a proposal to eliminate a decades-old tax credit will cost jobs and hike premiums as the measure moved forward in the Senate with a significant change.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Insurer Settles Bad Faith Claim Over Denial of Coverage in Fatal Bar Brawl

A convoluted case stemming from a brawl that left a man dying in a McDonough bar's parking lot has settled eight years later with the tavern's insurer, Occidental Fire and Casualty, agreeing to pay $7.8 million. The settlement nearly matches a default judgment entered against the bar after Occidental refused to defend the original case, which led to a bad-faith suit against the insurer.
8 minute read

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