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11/29/2012	New Year, New Laws: Insurers Face New California Requirements in 2013
11/19/2012	New York Department of Financial Services Offices Closed Due to Hurricane Sandy
11/02/2012	California Alert: State Supreme Court Depublishes Case Holding Insurance Adjusters to be Nonexempt Employees
09/27/2012	New California Law: Insurers Must Report Use of Businesses Owned by Women, Minorities, and Disabled Veterans
09/19/2012	California Alert: New Law Significantly Changes Lapse Requirements for Individual and Group Life Insurance
08/06/2012	Ninth Circuit Holds That Interpleader Does Not Shield Insurer From Independent Tort Liability
03/06/2012	California District Court Grants Summary Judgment to Life Insurer in Rescission Case
09/07/2011	New York “Free Trade Zone” Law Revised
02/22/2011	A Co-Insured's Arson Will Not Burn Coverage
12/08/2010	New York Court of Appeals Upholds STOLI Policies Under Pre-2009 New York Law
11/11/2010	Ninth Circuit Finds Duty to Defend Manufacturer of Counterfeit NFL Jerseys
11/10/2010	California Insurers Owe No Duty to Disclose Alternate Pricing Options to Insureds
08/02/2010	Ninth Circuit Holds That Insurance Agent Is Independent Contractor, Not Employee
07/29/2010	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Will Make Significant Changes in State Insurance Regulation
02/26/2010	U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies That A Corporation’s “Principal Place Of Business” Is Its “Nerve Center”
02/09/2010	The “Fax” Don’t Add Up for Coverage
02/02/2010	Amending the Complaint Won’t Amend the Policy
01/26/2010	California Court of Appeal Affirms Insurers Right to Rescind
01/25/2010	Superior Dispatch’s Claim Dispatched Altogether, But not Before Court Finds Duty to Notify
12/09/2009	Is It the End of a Brief Era of Business Method Patents in the Insurance Industry?
11/16/2009	A New California Court of Appeal Decision Might Breathe Some New Life Into Unfair Competition Law Claims Against Insurers
10/19/2009	Thinking About a Declaratory Relief Action? Think Twice, Says the California Court of Appeal
07/14/2009	"Insured v. Insured” Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Officers and Directors in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceeding
07/14/2009	Notice-Prejudice Rule Does Not Apply to Reporting Requirements in Pollution “Buy-Back” Clause
07/02/2009	The California Court of Appeal Adopts a Notice-Inquiry Rule for Triggering of Equitable Contribution Claims Between Insurers
05/05/2009	“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 Demurrer
05/04/2009	California Supreme Court Rules That Life Insurance Does Not Qualify as a “Service” Under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act
04/16/2009	California Court of Appeal Refuses to Extend Insurer's Duties to Nonparty; Spouse of Deceased Insured Has No Independent Fraud Claim Against Carrier
04/14/2009	The Genuine Dispute Doctrine Is Alive and Well in California
03/20/2009	To Stack or Not to Stack? California Supreme Court Prepares to Resolve Split Among Appellate Courts
03/13/2009	The California Supreme Court Holds That Sudden and Accidental Pollution Need Only Be a “Substantial Factor” to Trigger Insurance Coverage
03/03/2009	Are Insurers Entitled to a Special Jury Instruction on the "Genuine Dispute" Defense?
02/25/2009	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 Action
02/17/2009	Nolan v. Heald College
02/05/2009	NAIC declines to act on life insurer capital and surplus relief proposals
02/03/2009	California Insurance Coverage Decisions: 2008 Year in Review
01/06/2009	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
12/02/2008	SPECIAL EDITION: Be Careful What You Wish for - Issues for Insurers to Consider in Seeking Access to Federal Capital Support
07/23/2008	Active Year for Insurance Legislation in New York
01/31/2008	Scott Peterson’s Murder Conviction Sufficient To Bar Entitlement To Life Insurance Proceeds Despite Pending Appeal
09/13/2007	California Supreme Court: Reinsurance Information Generally Is Not Discoverable
09/11/2007	California To Hold Extraordinary Session Of The Legislature To Address Universal Health Care
08/15/2007	Changes in New York Requirements Governing Disclaimers of Coverage by Insurers Narrowly Avoided, but Likely to Reemerge
08/09/2007	Federal Legislative Update
07/26/2007	Healthcare Reform Moving Back to Top of Political Agenda
07/24/2007	Legislative and Regulatory Update — New York
07/10/2007	Increased Enforcement of Independent Contractor Classification in New York Will Affect Many Industries
07/06/2007	The Federal Credit Reporting Act Requires Notice of an Adverse Action if the Report Detrimentally Affects the Consumer’s Position
06/15/2007	New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Establishes Commission to Overhaul Financial Services Regulation
05/03/2007	California District Court Upholds Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits Despite Plan Administrator’s Conflict of Interest
04/13/2007	New York Enacts Broad Workers’ Compensation Reforms
03/01/2007	The California Supreme Court Finds That “Construction” Means Any Activity Involving The “Substantial Continuing Presence of Construction Personnel”
01/12/2007	Governor’s Healthcare Focus Confirmed in State of the State Address and Reform Speech
01/08/2007	California Legislative Report: 2006 Session
08/17/2006	Assignees Of Insurance Bad Faith Claims May Recover Attorneys’ Fees In California
08/03/2006	Ripped From The Headlines: Elderly California Women Charged With Murder Of Two Homeless Men In Connection With Insurance Scam
08/02/2006	Insurance Trade Groups and the California Chamber of Commerce Settle Litigation With the State's Department of Insurance Over Disability Policy Language
07/26/2006	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 Conduct
05/19/2006	NAIC Considers Regulatory Restrictions On Stranger-Owned Life Insurance
04/05/2006	California Court Finds Repetitive Stress Injury Is Not An Accidental Bodily Injury
03/09/2006	NAIC to Review U.S. Reinsurance Collateral Requirements
01/04/2006	A Call For Contractual Jury Waivers In California

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