Dive into the important concepts and considerations that underscore insurance designed to cover custodial care for senior policyholders and other vulnerable consumers. This practice note explains LTCI and how it works, different types of care, premiums, benefit...
Learn about the background, structure, and operations of managed care plans. This practice note focuses on the common threads of managing the delivery of healthcare, including the scope of medical services, as well as accessing and financing those services. READ...
Learn to identify the triggers that can cause claims under health insurance policies to develop into litigation and how to proceed with or defend a civil action on a COVID-19–related health insurance claim involving policyholders, insurers, insurance intermediaries...
Follow preliminary steps and address key considerations that arise during the investigation phase of a health insurance claim with this practice note, which evaluates applications, policy issuance, and the claims process. The overlay of COVID-19—which demands...
Grasp the big picture and drill down to specifics with our expanding collection of state law surveys that address key insurance coverage litigation topics. These comprehensive charts link to and analyze relevant case law, statutes, and regulations across jurisdictions...
Get clarity on the potential bases for COVID-19-related civil actions on life insurance policies involving insurers, insurance intermediaries, policyholders, and beneficiaries with this practice note. It provides guidance on litigation basics like potential parties...
Get up to speed on the impact of COVID-19 during the pre-litigation phase of a life insurance claim with this practice note, which discusses issues that may lead to life insurance litigation. The practice note clarifies key life insurance principles, explains the...
With COVID-19 impacting insurance in significant ways, companies are revisiting policy language and tightening the contract provisions that delineate family members entitled to coverage. Get a 50-state perspective on the laws, regulations, and cases that address...
With the COVID-19 pandemic turning financial security into a top-of-mind priority, there is an increased interest in the secondary market for life insurance. Get up to speed on life settlements, viatical settlements, and stranger-owned and stranger-originated life...
The impact that COVID-19 has had on the entire insurance landscape comes with a wide-sweeping focus on solvency, as unprecedented numbers of claims under business interruption, event cancellation, and employment practices liability policies threaten the industry’s...
The COVID-19 pandemic is relatively recent, but is similar to past public health and safety emergencies that have caused canceling or rescheduling of events. Cancellation or rescheduling may either be voluntary or mandated by a civil authority. Get up to speed...
If an insurance company directs first-party or third-party claimants to, or away from, certain shops for repair of their vehicles, they may be running afoul of anti-steering restrictions. Are you prepared to advise your client? READ NOW >> Related Content...
by David Goodwin and Greg Rubio, Covington & Burling LLP This practice note discusses insurance coverage for times when business is interrupted because of property damage or loss. Scope of Coverage Because property insurance policies typically cover only...