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Connecticut Law Tribune

Only Cigna and ConnectiCare Invited as Connecticut Lawmakers Weigh Insurance Rate Hikes

"Our priority, our duty should be to Connecticut families and residents and small businesses, to protect them to make sure they don't have to pay more for health insurance and health care than they have to," Attorney General William Tong said. "And to ask, and to even require, the health insurance companies here today to do all they can to really serve their customers and not just extract as much as they can."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Insurance Rate Hearing to Take Place Monday Despite AG Tong's Opposition

"Number one: We don't want rates that are based on incorrect information," Tong said. "Number two: We don't want rates that are based on revised information when we're not really sure that they had time and really put their full effort into an appropriate revision of those rates."
3 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Every Day Is an Opportunity to Build Your Brand,' Says Andrea DeField of Hunton Andrews Kurth

Attorneys should constantly be reevaluating – what are they doing that month to professionally develop
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Policy's 'Excluded County' Clause Upheld in Coverage Dispute Over Injured Home Depot Worker

"We believe that the Appellate Division's analysis relied on too narrow a reading of the exclusionary provision of the policy at issue," stated Judge Jose L. Fuentes, temporarily assigned to the Supreme Court.
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The Recorder

Eversheds Bolsters New SF Office With McDermott Insurance Partner

Dan Brown said he expects others from McDermott to join him and expects all of his clients to make the switch.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Special Section: 2022 Insurance Law

In The Legal's Insurance Law supplement, read about insuring intangible rights, increased scrutiny of auto policy exclusions, and more.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Plaintiffs' Lawyer Looks to Insurance Policies to Secure $345M in Child Sex Abuse Damages

"We try to handle the kind of cases that will make a difference to a lot of people—not just our clients," said Darren Penn of Penn Law.
4 minute read

Law.com

Cyber Insurance Experiencing Future Shock

Insurers who write cyber liability policies are well-equipped to manage cyber claims, but what about carriers and adjusters who face such claims under more traditional policies — also known as "Silent Cyber?" This article aims to help non-cyber risk adjusters who may have to oversee such a claim.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Allstate Unsuccessful in Claim for Return of $1.1M in Legal Fees From Disbarred Attorney

The New Jersey Appellate Division upheld a grant of summary judgment in favor of former attorney Harris Legome and his firm after Allstate alleged extensive misrepresentation in violation of the New Jersey Fraud Prevention Act and sought return of $1.1 million in legal fees.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Growing Trend: Increased Scrutiny of Auto Policy Exclusions

Exclusions in auto policies in Pennsylvania have recently undergone increased scrutiny by the Courts. At the forefront of this re-evaluation is the household exclusion. That exclusion bars recovery of uninsured (UM) and underinsured (UIM) motorist benefits where the claimant sustained injury while operating a household vehicle insured on other policy, typically the personal auto/motorcycle situation.
3 minute read

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