We are writing with a further litigation update on the potential after-effects of the California Supreme Court’s pivotal decision in McHugh v. Protective Life Insurance Company.1 That decision addressed the breadth of the...more
On August 30, 2021, the California Supreme Court held in McHugh v. Protective Life Insurance Company, 12 Cal. 5th 213, 243, 494 P.3d 24, 43 (2021), that California Insurance Code sections 10113.71 and 10113.72 — ...more
In a case of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado this week upheld the enforceability of a two-year suicide exclusion provision contained in a policy approved under the Interstate Insurance...more
The latest attempt to hold casualty carriers and annuity issuers liable for allegedly failing to disclose deductions from the amounts used to purchase structured settlement annuities for plaintiffs’ benefit has been dismissed...more