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International Edition

DWF Buys Australian Claims Management Business

The purchase nearly doubles DWF's Australian workforce.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York's Highest Court Weighs in on COVID-Related Commercial Property Insurance Claims

Many businesses have sought to recover their pandemic losses under commercial property insurance policies, only to be denied coverage. A significant number of policyholders have filed lawsuits challenging these disclaimers. But to the dismay of the insureds, a growing majority of high state courts have sided with the insurers in these disputes.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Courts Support Bad Faith Claims Where Insurance Companies Unreasonably Delay and Deny Claims

Anderson Kill's Cort Malone and Kathleen Gatti spotlight a May 29 ruling from the Northern District of New York allowing a bad faith claim against an insurer to go forward, reaffirming policyholders' right to seek consequential damages when insurance companies unreasonably delay or deny claims.
7 minute read

International Edition

Corporatizing Law: How This Law Firm Leader Plans to Build a Big Legal Business

Thomson Geer's Adrian Tembel says high-volume legal work in Australia will become corporatized.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Post-EUO Verification Requests

A no-fault insurer is entitled to request from an applicant any additional verification it deems necessary to process the claimant's claim. "The insurer is entitled to receive all items necessary to verify the claim directly from the parties from whom such verification was requested.
13 minute read

The Recorder

Keker Lawyers Secure Win for Sutter Health After Seven-Week Alameda Trial

The plaintiffs sought more than $500 million from Sutter Health over allegations of insurance fraud, which Judge Stephen D. Kaus rejected.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Reports of Stabilization in Property Insurance Due to Tort Reform May Be Premature

On May 21, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) published its May 2024 Florida Property Insurance Market Update, claiming "overall market…
7 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Clears Path for Policyholder's Class Action Against USAA for $7M Interest on Improperly Retained Late Fees

U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte of the District of Maryland ruled the plaintiff pleaded facts clearly to suggest USAA "knew full well that they had the use of the late fees," and "they understood the time-value of the fees" and their interest-bearing potential, according to a June 11 opinion.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Minimizing Tax Cost in Shutting Down a Captive Insurance Company

With careful planning, substantial tax liability can often be avoided in making a former captive's assets available to meet future business needs of related entities.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Don't Be Blindsided: The 101 About Your Insurance and How To Productively Pursue Claims

A discussion of the basic 411 on what types of events commercial insurance may cover and how to go about productively pursuing an insurance recovery when disaster strikes—even if your insurance company says "no."
7 minute read

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