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Fraud › Bad Faith › Insurance Industry

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
Zelle LLP

Court Grants Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Nearly All of Insureds’ Causes of Action

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Schnatzmeyer v. State Farm Ins. Co., No. 3:23-CV-02820-K, 2025 WL 1697505, at *1 (N.D. Tex. June 17, 2025). In a case involving two overlapping freeze claims—and a substantial array of legal issues affecting insurers in...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Court Sides with Long-Term Care Insurer Over Claim Denial and Potential Fraud

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A judge from the District of Colorado recently issued an opinion that might leave the door open for long-term care insurers to void policies after the contestability period expires if an insured commits fraud. See Meyer v....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Sam Bankman-Fried Case Provides Lessons on Fraud and D&O Insurance

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial started this week; and on the same day, he sued one of his director & officer insurers. And a lot of people are asking, why? Is the timing a coincidence or on purpose? Shouldn’t he be...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Insured Cannot Bring Bad Faith Allegation When Coverage “Fairly Debatable”

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The United States District Court for Minnesota, applying Minnesota law, has affirmed a magistrate judge’s decision denying an insured’s motion to amend its complaint to add a claim for bad faith....more

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Insured Cannot Amend Complaint to Add Bad Faith Claim Where Coverage Issue is “Debatable”

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Applying Minnesota law, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota has denied an insured’s motion to amend its coverage litigation complaint to add a claim for bad faith, holding that coverage under the...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

The Ghost of Systems Past: “Big Data” Suits Loom, But Old Data Issues Remain Unresolved

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2017 could be big for litigation over “Big Data” applications in insurance. This past year saw the filing of several “price optimization” class actions, and claims against a fraud detection tool, similar to the ones used by...more

Cozen O'Connor

Claim For Fraudulent Wire Transfer Under Commercial Crime Policy Found to be Covered, Although Denial Not In Bad Faith

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Principle Solutions Group, LLC, an information technology company, lost $1.717 million when it became the victim of a fraud scheme for which it sought coverage under the terms of a commercial crime policy issued by Ironshore...more

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