Settlement, Insurance Industry, Denial of Insurance Coverage

Federal Court Certifies Class Action Against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana for Improperly Denying Large Dollar Claims

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 6/26/2025

The Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana recently certified a class action against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana for its standard operating procedure of reviewing and denying claims in...more

Taking the Right Steps To Navigate the Consent To Settle Provision in an Insurance Policy and Maintaining the Right to Coverage...

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 12/26/2024

Insurers often try to withhold, or at least minimize, coverage by taking the position that a policyholder has failed to keep the insurer sufficiently informed throughout the defense of an underlying matter or has failed to...more

Under “Law Most Favorable” Provision, Delaware Law Applies and Does Not Prohibit Coverage for Settlement of Alleged Ill-Gotten...

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/9/2021

Upholding a “law most favorable” provision with respect to the insurability of ill-gotten gains, the Delaware Superior Court has concluded that Delaware law, rather than New York law, applies to a coverage dispute regarding...more

California Federal Judge Rules Insurer Not Obligated to Pay Los Angeles Hospital’s $42 Million Settlement and Investigation Costs...

King & Spalding on 2/27/2019

On February 12, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen V. Wilson dismissed a suit brought by Pacific Alliance Medical Center (PAMC) alleging, among other counts, breach of contract against its insurer for failure to cover...more

Fifth Circuit Holds Settlement Proceeds Received by General Contractor From Subcontractors Constitute “Other Insurance” Which...

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/4/2018

Satterfield & Pontikes Constr., Inc. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21488 (5th Cir. Aug. 2, 2018) - This case arises out of an excess insurance provider’s refusal to cover damages incurred by the...more

Peerless, This is Not: Sixth Circuit Finds No Latent Ambiguity in Consent to Settle Requirement in Excess Policy

Carlton Fields on 1/6/2017

Disputes between policyholders and excess insurers often involve events that occurred before the underlying defense costs or indemnity payments reached the excess layer. In Stryker Corp. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of...more

Georgia Supreme Court Complicates Policyholders’ Ability to Settle Claims Brought Against Them

Proskauer Rose LLP on 8/13/2015

As we previously reported here, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit asked the Georgia Supreme Court to weigh in on the coverage dispute in Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. v. XL Specialty Insurance Co....more

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