Understanding Georgia's Civil Justice Climate With Commissioner John King — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
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The Duty to Cooperate Under a Liability Policy
Best Practices for Negotiating Manuscript Exclusions
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Hinshaw Insurance Law TV | Bad Faith Law
Standard Formula Podcast | Reinsurance and Risk Transfer: Risk Mitigation Under the Solvency II Regime
Hinshaw Releases Second Edition of Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding Insurance Resolution Regimes
Policyholders vs. Insurers: 3 Arguments to Make When Selecting Defense Counsel & Hourly Rates
JONES DAY TALKS®: The Rise of AI Regs: Approaches from the European Union and United States
An Uncompromising Insurer: What is a Policyholder to Do?
Five Tips to Improve Your Insurance Coverage Claim
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Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2022
Sending Up the Mediation Smoke Signal: Tools that Policyholders Have Available to Settle A Claim With A Recalcitrant Insurer
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV: Recent Changes in Florida Property Insurance Law and How They Will Affect First Party Insurance
Still Looking: How to Find Those Missing Policies Covering Long Tail Liabilities
Coverage Issues Arising Out of Assault and Battery Claims
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 4 - How to Seal the Deal
Since the enactment of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, it has been invoked in civil litigation with mixed results. Congress did not intend for RICO to become a surrogate for plaintiffs’ state...more
Today’s insurance professionals and legal practitioners know that the insurance market can be unpredictable and volatile. With external factors such as natural disasters, war, cyberattacks, and economic uncertainties,...more
Regulators Hit Jackpot: Off-Channel Communications - Several years before announcing the first “off-channel” communications enforcement action, the SEC and FINRA cautioned broker-dealers and investment advisers about...more
A familiar dispute between a carrier and a third party involves the third party’s attacking the language of the insurance contract and arguing in favor of an interpretation not reflected by the plain meaning of the text. But...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Attorneys' Fees: borrower not entitled to attorneys' fees for prevailing on lender's claim for reformation of mortgage, where lender prevailed on claim of foreclosure without...more
Financial Services Update - FDCPA / definition of "debt collector": law firm carrying out a nonjudicial foreclosure action not a debt collector because the primary definition of a "debt collector" under sec. 1692a does not...more
Real Property Update - Trespass / Temporary Injunction: temporary injunction order premised upon a physical trespass onto property, which did not specify actions that constitute trespass, did not enjoin use of airspace over...more
A federal district court in Pennsylvania recently dismissed all claims asserted by an insured against a reinsurer in a coverage dispute over an explosion at plaintiff Three Rivers Hydroponics (“Three Rivers”)’s commercial...more
In 2011, Top’s Personnel entered into a reinsurance agreement with Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company (“AUCRA”), and several years later executed a promissory note (“the Note”) in favor of a related entity,...more
In July, MetLife obtained a win in the Northern District of Illinois when the court granted summary judgment in its favor on a claim that it had breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing in setting interest rates for a...more
In July, in Hancock v. Americo Financial Life & Annuity Co., Americo achieved a total victory on its motion to dismiss a putative class action in the Eastern District of North Carolina that challenged its premium and COI...more
In Sun Life Assur. Co. of Canada v. U.S. Bank Nat. Ass’n, the Eleventh Circuit recently clarified that where a life insurance policy lacks an insurable interest at its inception and is thus void ab initio, prejudgment...more
In California, actions predicated on alleged senior notice requirement violations and financial elder abuse continue to challenge life insurers. For example, in June, a California federal district court denied the insurer’s...more