/insurance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Insurance Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:19:03 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348708?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348708 A manufacturer of electrical cables is responsible for over $1 million in damages for a fire at a Philadelphia-based discount department store, an insurer told a Pennsylvania federal court, saying the blaze was caused by the manufacturer's defective armored cabling. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:17:33 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348623?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348623 Small-business-focused excess and surplus insurer Ategrity Specialty Holdings LLC on Tuesday unveiled a price range on an estimated $100 million initial public offering, represented by Latham & Watkins LLP and underwriters Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:11:52 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348139?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348139 Companies that receive federal funds or have the remnants of a diversity, equity and inclusion program should review their directors and officers liability insurance policies ahead of a major shift in how the U.S. Department of Justice enforces the False Claims Act, says Bill Wagner at Taft. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:07:59 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348929?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348929 A Florida federal jury on Tuesday found an Arizona man guilty of participating in a scheme that utilized an internet platform to overbill Medicare $1.4 billion for unnecessary medical products, including orthotic braces. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:40:01 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348614?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348614 A Connecticut state court trimmed McCarter & English LLP's defenses in a $22.3 million suit over its role crafting loans for recreational improvements in a Long Island, New York, town, saying the firm cannot pursue a comparative negligence defense but can proceed with its fraud argument. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:19:17 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348679?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348679 A motocross event company is seeking coverage for a $20 million personal injury suit after a child attending a 2022 championship was paralyzed while swimming in a creek onsite after another patron jumped in and landed on her, according to a suit removed to Tennessee federal court. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:31 +0000 /insurance/articles/2345428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2345428 A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers, and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the °µÍø½ûÇø 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:48:28 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348348 A captive insurance program operator challenging $6.6 million in tax fraud penalties told a Pennsylvania federal court that the government boldly and incorrectly claimed that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling requiring a jury to make certain fraud findings doesn't apply to its case. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:56:23 +0000 /insurance/articles/2346619?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2346619 When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:36:17 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348162?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348162 A Seattle building owner urged a Washington federal court to grant it a partial early win in a coverage dispute over $8.5 million in water damage, telling the court that under state law, none of the four exclusions its insurer cited when denying coverage are applicable to the water intrusion loss. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:05:20 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348327?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348327 A controversial bill that would have limited jury awards for injured Texans died Sunday after the two branches of the Texas Legislature couldn't hash out differences in the bill's language. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:47:10 +0000 /insurance/articles/2347089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2347089 Academics, attorneys and insurance industry officials took a look at the myriad ways artificial intelligence could affect the "insurance value chain," as one conference panelist put it, across claims, litigation and underwriting, including the coverage of AI-related occurrences themselves. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:05:48 +0000 /insurance/articles/2347996?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2347996 A Florida federal judge freed an insurer from paying any of the $8.5 million in damages connected to shoddy work at a Florida condo, finding there wasn't an allocation accounting for which claims were covered and which claims were not in an agreement between the condo and a contractor.  Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:42:00 +0000 /insurance/articles/2348220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2348220 A man who became a quadriplegic after ingesting LSD told the Fifth Circuit that a Houston judge didn't have the authority to undo a jury's decision putting an insurance company on the hook for his $1 million injury settlement. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:36:34 +0000 /insurance/articles/2340385?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2340385 Preliminary findings from our recent study on how attorney gender might affect case outcomes support the conclusion that there is little in the way of a clear, universal bias against attorneys of a given gender, say Jill Leibold, Olivia Goodman and Alexa Hiley at IMS Legal Strategies. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:33:30 +0000 /insurance/articles/2340978?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2340978 As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:40:03 +0000 /insurance/articles/2347901?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2347901 A New York bankruptcy judge Monday agreed to postpone for a month a hearing on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse's Chapter 11 plan after the diocese said it wanted more time to work out one last insurance settlement. Fri, 30 May 2025 22:36:53 +0000 /insurance/articles/2346808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2346808 A Florida federal judge ruled in favor of the owners of a construction company accused of defrauding a program for disadvantaged small businesses in a qui tam, or False Claims Act, lawsuit, saying in her dismissal of the nearly decade-long case that it violates the U.S. Constitution. Fri, 30 May 2025 22:09:38 +0000 /insurance/articles/2345421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2345421 Saying that June's circuit court calendars include important arguments in all practice areas would be hyperbolic — but just slightly. That's because significant showdowns are imminent involving appellate procedure principles, "click-to-cancel" rules, government procurement protests, judiciary employment protections and litigation risk insurance — as well as President Donald Trump's felony convictions and extraordinary deportation measures. Fri, 30 May 2025 21:29:02 +0000 /insurance/articles/2347354?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2347354 A townhome association's insurer has no legal basis to withhold payments under a $2.7 million appraisal award for costs connected to a 2022 storm, the association told a Minnesota federal court Friday in a bid for an early win in its suit.