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NAIC declines to act on life insurer capital and surplus relief proposals

http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_05_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:44:42 GMT InsuranceLaw The California Supreme Court Holds That Sudden and Accidental Pollution Need Only Be a “Substantial Factor” to Trigger Insurance Coveragehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_03_13_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:44:51 GMT InsuranceLaw New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Establishes Commission to Overhaul Financial Services Regulationhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_06_15_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:45:00 GMT InsuranceLaw Scott Peterson’s Murder Conviction Sufficient To Bar Entitlement To Life Insurance Proceeds Despite Pending Appealhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_01_31_08.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:45:09 GMT InsuranceLaw Thinking About a Declaratory Relief Action? Think Twice, Says the California Court of Appealhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_10_19_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:45:18 GMT InsuranceLaw A New California Court of Appeal Decision Might Breathe Some New Life Into Unfair Competition Law Claims Against Insurershttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_11_16_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:45:27 GMT Insurance LawNew York “Free Trade Zone” Law Revisedhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_Insurance_Law.aspxManattMon, 25 Jun 2012 02:07:49 GMT InsuranceLaw Is It the End of a Brief Era of Business Method Patents in the Insurance Industry?http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_12_09_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:45:47 GMT InsuranceLaw Superior Dispatch’s Claim Dispatched Altogether, But not Before Court Finds Duty to Notifyhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_01_25_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:45:58 GMT InsuranceLaw Amending the Complaint Won’t Amend the Policyhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_02_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:46:09 GMT InsuranceLaw Active Year for Insurance Legislation in New Yorkhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_23_08.aspxManattMon, 30 Jul 2012 09:13:27 GMT InsuranceLaw NAIC Considers Regulatory Restrictions On Stranger-Owned Life Insurancehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_05_19_06.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:46:27 GMT InsuranceLaw

NAIC Capital & Surplus Relief Working Group to Hold Public Hearing on Proposals to Revise Accounting Procedures and Reserve Standards for December 31, 2008 Life Insurer Financial Statements

http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_01_06_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:46:38 GMT InsuranceLaw Increased Enforcement of Independent Contractor Classification in New York Will Affect Many Industrieshttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_10_07.aspxManattMon, 25 Jun 2012 03:35:05 GMT InsuranceLaw Insurance Trade Groups and the California Chamber of Commerce Settle Litigation With the State's Department of Insurance Over Disability Policy Languagehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_08_02_06.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:46:57 GMT InsuranceLaw

Ninth Circuit Finds Duty to Defend Manufacturer of Counterfeit NFL Jerseys

http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_11_11_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:47:07 GMT InsuranceLaw New York Court of Appeals Upholds STOLI Policies Under Pre-2009 New York Lawhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_12_08_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:47:17 GMT InsuranceLaw California Insurers Owe No Duty to Disclose Alternate Pricing Options to Insuredshttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_11_09_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:47:27 GMT InsuranceLaw A Co-Insured's Arson Will Not Burn Coveragehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_22_11.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:47:47 GMT InsuranceLaw California District Court Upholds Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits Despite Plan Administrator’s Conflict of Interesthttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_05_03_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:47:57 GMT InsuranceLaw California’s Second District Court of Appeal Rules that Proposition 64 Requires All Class Members in Private Unfair Competition and False Advertising Actions to Have Suffered Actual Injury and Relied on the Defendant’s Conducthttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_26_06.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:48:05 GMT InsuranceLaw California Court of Appeal Affirms Insurers Right to Rescindhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_01_26_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:48:15 GMT InsuranceLaw U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies That A Corporation’s “Principal Place Of Business” Is Its “Nerve Center”http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_26_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:48:25 GMT InsuranceLaw Assignees Of Insurance Bad Faith Claims May Recover Attorneys’ Fees In Californiahttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_08_17_06.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:48:34 GMT InsuranceLaw The California Court of Appeal Adopts a Notice-Inquiry Rule for Triggering of Equitable Contribution Claims Between Insurershttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_02_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:48:43 GMT InsuranceLaw Notice-Prejudice Rule Does Not Apply to Reporting Requirements in Pollution “Buy-Back” Clausehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_14_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:48:53 GMT InsuranceLaw "Insured v. Insured” Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Officers and Directors in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedinghttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_13_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:49:02 GMT InsuranceLaw Nolan v. Heald Collegehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_17_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:49:11 GMT InsuranceLaw 05.0509“Vanishing” Defenses – Court of Appeal Holds That Adequacy of “Vanishing Premium” Disclaimer Language and Reasonable Reliance May Not Be Decided as a Matter of Law on Demurrerhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_05_0509.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:49:21 GMT InsuranceLaw NAIC to Review U.S. Reinsurance Collateral Requirementshttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_03_09_06.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:49:30 GMT InsuranceLaw Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Will Make Significant Changes in State Insurance Regulationhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_29_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:49:39 GMT InsuranceLaw

Ninth Circuit Holds That Insurance Agent Is Independent Contractor, Not Employee

http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_09_02_10.aspxManattThu, 23 Aug 2012 02:16:48 GMT InsuranceLaw Ripped From The Headlines: Elderly California Women Charged With Murder Of Two Homeless Men In Connection With Insurance Scamhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_08_03_06.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:50:08 GMT InsuranceLaw Legislative and Regulatory Update — New Yorkhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_24_07.aspxManattMon, 09 Jul 2012 01:53:08 GMT InsuranceLaw Healthcare Reform Moving Back to Top of Political Agendahttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_26_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:50:27 GMT InsuranceLaw Changes in New York Requirements Governing Disclaimers of Coverage by Insurers Narrowly Avoided, but Likely to Reemergehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_08_15_07.aspxManattMon, 09 Jul 2012 01:05:30 GMT InsuranceLaw California Insurance Coverage Decisions: 2008 Year in Reviewhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_03_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:50:46 GMT InsuranceLaw An Insurer That Breaches Its Obligation to Reimburse Its Insured for Defense Fees and Costs May Be Precluded from Relitigating the Issues of Liability and Damages in the Underlying Actionhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_25_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:50:56 GMT InsuranceLaw

Are Insurers Entitled to a Special Jury Instruction on the "Genuine Dispute" Defense?

http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_03_03_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:51:05 GMT InsuranceLaw To Stack or Not to Stack? California Supreme Court Prepares to Resolve Split Among Appellate Courtshttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_03_20_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:51:15 GMT InsuranceLaw The Genuine Dispute Doctrine Is Alive and Well in Californiahttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_04_14_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:51:25 GMT InsuranceLaw California Court of Appeal Refuses to Extend Insurer's Duties to Nonparty; Spouse of Deceased Insured Has No Independent Fraud Claim Against Carrierhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_04_16_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:51:35 GMT InsuranceLaw California Supreme Court Rules That Life Insurance Does Not Qualify as a “Service” Under the Consumers Legal Remedies Acthttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_05_04_09.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:51:44 GMT InsuranceLaw New York Enacts Broad Workers’ Compensation Reformshttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_04_13_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:51:54 GMT InsuranceLaw California Court Finds Repetitive Stress Injury Is Not An Accidental Bodily Injuryhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_04_05_06.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:52:04 GMT InsuranceLaw Governor’s Healthcare Focus Confirmed in State of the State Address and Reform Speechhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_01_12_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:52:13 GMT InsuranceLaw The California Supreme Court Finds That “Construction” Means Any Activity Involving The “Substantial Continuing Presence of Construction Personnel”http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_03_01_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:52:22 GMT InsuranceLaw The “Fax” Don’t Add Up for Coveragehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_02_09_10.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:52:32 GMT InsuranceLaw California Legislative Report: 2006 Sessionhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_01_08_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:52:42 GMT InsuranceLaw The Federal Credit Reporting Act Requires Notice of an Adverse Action if the Report Detrimentally Affects the Consumer’s Positionhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_07_06_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:52:51 GMT InsuranceLaw A Call For Contractual Jury Waivers In Californiahttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_01_04_06.aspxManattWed, 17 Apr 2013 05:50:27 GMT InsuranceLaw

SPECIAL EDITION: Be Careful What You Wish for - Issues for Insurers to Consider in Seeking Access to Federal Capital Support

http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_12_02_08.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:53:10 GMT Insurance Law 3.6.12

California District Court Grants Summary Judgment to Life Insurer in Rescission Case

http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_Insurance_Law_3_6_12.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:53:19 GMT InsuranceLaw Federal Legislative Updatehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_08_09_07.aspxManattMon, 09 Jul 2012 01:11:47 GMT InsuranceLaw California To Hold Extraordinary Session Of The Legislature To Address Universal Health Carehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_09_11_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:53:38 GMT InsuranceLaw California Supreme Court: Reinsurance Information Generally Is Not Discoverablehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/_InsuranceLaw_09_13_07.aspxManattTue, 22 May 2012 10:53:48 GMTNinth Circuit Holds That Interpleader Does Not Shield Insurer From Independent Tort LiabilityNinth Circuit Holds That Interpleader Does Not Shield Insurer From Independent Tort Liabilityhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/Ninth_Circuit_Holds_That_Interpleader_Does_Not_Shield_Insurer_From_Independent_Tort_Liability.aspxManattTue, 06 Nov 2012 12:15:02 GMTCalifornia Alert: New Law Significantly Changes Lapse Requirements for Individual and Group Life InsuranceCalifornia Alert: New Law Significantly Changes Lapse Requirements for Individual and Group Life Insurancehttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/California_Alert__New_Law_Significantly_Changes_Lapse_Requirements_for_Individual_and_Group_Life_Insurance.aspxManattWed, 28 Nov 2012 03:27:16 GMTNew California Law: Insurers Must Report Use of Businesses Owned by Women, Minorities, and Disabled VeteransNew California Law: Insurers Must Report Use of Businesses Owned by Women, Minorities, and Disabled Veteranshttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/New_California_Law__Insurers_Must_Report_Use_of_Businesses_Owned_by_Women,_Minorities,_and_Disabled_Veterans.aspxManattTue, 02 Oct 2012 10:18:43 GMTCalifornia Alert: State Supreme Court Depublishes Case Holding Insurance Adjusters to be Nonexempt EmployeesCalifornia Alert: State Supreme Court Depublishes Case Holding Insurance Adjusters to be Nonexempt Employeeshttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/California_Alert__State_Supreme_Court_Depublishes_Case_Holding_Insurance_Adjusters_to_be_Nonexempt_Employees.aspxManattFri, 02 Nov 2012 02:03:31 GMTNew York Department of Financial Services Offices Closed Due to Hurricane SandyNew York Department of Financial Services Offices Closed Due to Hurricane Sandyhttp://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/New_York_Department_of_Financial_Services_Offices_Closed_Due_to_Hurricane_Sandy.aspxManattMon, 19 Nov 2012 10:05:14 GMTNew Year, New Laws: Insurers Face New California Requirements in 2013New Year, New Laws: Insurers Face New California Requirements in 2013http://manatt.com/Insurance_Law/New_Year,_New_Laws__Insurers_Face_New_California_Requirements_in_2013.aspxManattThu, 29 Nov 2012 05:23:57 GMT