By M. Machua Millett On April 12, 2010, Machua Millett of EAPD's Insurance and Reinsurance Department provided a brief webcast concerning compliance and claims issues arising from the Chile Earthquake. To view the Chile Earthquake Insurers webcast... Read More
Kevan F. Hirsch has developed expertise in defending bad faith claims against carriers, and regularly represents two insurance groups in actions brought directly against the companies in this region. He has represented insurers and insured in complex... Read More
Tapas: Small Dishes of Insurance Coverage News & Notes RSUI Indem. Co. v. American States Ins. Co., No. 14–30033 (5th Cir. Sept. 25, 2014), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], (addressing Louisiana law) (“We... Read More
LexisNexis is publishing a new volume of our authoritative treatise on the nation’s insurance law, the New Appleman on Insurance Library Edition . It is entitled “Insolvency and Bankruptcy.” Comprehensive new Volume 9 is solely devoted... Read More
By Kristen J. Brown Abstract * * * This chapter examines the powers and remedial options afforded to state insurance commissioners for their regulation of insurance company insolvency. State laws arm insurance commissioners with broad intervention... Read More
By Patrick H. Cantilo, Mark F. Bennett, and Arati Bhattacharya Abstract *** In this chapter, five insurance insolvencies are discussed in detail to illustrate a number of the issues that are presented in the management of troubled insurers... Read More
By Richard G. Liskov and John J. Sarchio Abstract * * * This chapter discusses the regulation of alien multi-national insurers—insurers domiciled outside the United States but operating in U.S. insurance markets. The chapter begins with... Read More
By Susan N. K. Gummow and Eric J. Shukis Abstract *** The filing of bankruptcy impacts the debtor-insured, its insurers, and parties asserting claims that may implicate the debtor’s insurance policies. Chapter 107 introduces some... Read More
By Laura A. Foggan, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP This chapter opens with a discussion of how to determine whether allocation is required and an explanation of key circumstances where concurrent or successive insurance policies may be implicated by insurance... Read More
When an insurance company is evaluating whether to file a declaratory judgment action or defend one filed against it, the principal issues under consideration are likely to be its chance of success and the amount of attorney’s fees that it will... Read More
LexisNexis is pleased to announce the addition of New York materials to our collection of Market Conduct Examination Reports ( lexis.com subscribers click here ). Market Conduct Examinations focus on the business practices of insurers and are designed... Read More
by Robert A. Scott Litigants that have been forced to defend groundless litigation are entitled to recover their attorneys' fees even if those costs were paid by an insurance company, Maryland's highest court has ruled. In Worsham v.... Read More
By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant In this, the ninth issue of the 16th year of publication Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter (ZIFL), ZIFL reports on: 1. Barry Zalma reports on an interesting appellate decision that convicted a person for failing... Read More
By Daniel W. Gerber and Richard J. Ahn, Attorneys, Goldberg Segalla LLP The U.S. insurance industry has undergone significant change which has yet to become fully evolved. In fact, only recently has the Federal Insurance Office issued its report... Read More
Beginning in 2013, we have issued a series of Alerts on the controversy regarding the use of captive insurance companies to finance reserves for certain type of life insurance policies (so-called "XXX or AXXX reserves," which are widely believed... Read More