Telecommunications, TCPA, Insurance Industry

GETTING PERSONAL: Insurance Agent Sued Personally In TCPA Class Action Against Senior Life Insurance Company

Troutman Amin LLP on 7/21/2025

Said it before. Will say it again– the rule of personal liability for TCPA violations undertaken for an employer is the most unfair in all of American jurisprudence. Take the case of Matthews v. Senior Life Insurance Co.,...more

TCPA INSURANCE TO THE RESCUE?: Small Debt Collector Walks Away From Class Suit For Under Policy Limits

Troutman Amin LLP on 6/18/2025

TCPA insurance used to be very difficult to come by but slowly carriers are starting to write policies to protect companies from TCPA liability. Most of the policies are low limit high deductible affairs– $1MM is the max that...more

Ninth Circuit Stuffs Policyholders on Defense of TCPA Class Actions

Polsinelli on 9/15/2017

In a sweeping opinion in Los Angeles Lakers v. Federal Insurance Co., the Ninth Circuit on Aug. 23, held the Lakers are not entitled to insurance coverage for a class action lawsuit alleging claims under the Telephone...more

A&B Insurance Settles TCPA Class Action for $4.25 Million

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/12/2017

Last week, A&B Insurance and Financial LLC (A&B Insurance) agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle claims that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by initiating telephone calls to consumers without prior...more

EXPECT FOCUS: Onboard Technology, NAIC Cybersecurity, DOL, ACA Litigation, SEC Regulation (Vol. III, Summer 2015)

Carlton Fields on 10/8/2015

In This Issue: IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage LIFE INSURANCE - - Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case - Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News ...more

Cyberclaim Coverage Denied: The TCPA Protects Privacy, Not Personally Identifiable Information

Carlton Fields on 7/16/2015

In Doctors Direct Ins., Inc. v. Beaute’ E’mergente, LLC, No. 1-14-2919 (Ill. App. Ct. June 22, 2015), an Illinois state appellate court recently affirmed that a medical malpractice liability insurer did not owe a duty to...more