A federal bankruptcy judge in Connecticut has approved a clergy sex abuse settlement between the Catholic Diocese of Norwich and creditors and survivors that includes a $31 million fund to compensate victims. The plan seeks to provide recovery to those …
Maine lawmakers today are expected to consider a measure that would allow followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for motor vehicle insurance. Rep. Steve Foster (R-Dexter) introduced the bill on behalf of his Mennonite constituents who say insurance violates …
Global insurance broker Marsh USA is suing major competitor Aon and a former Marsh team leader for allegedly poaching key members of Marsh’s construction surety team who resigned and moved to Aon last month. A complaint filed by Marsh in …
Owners of mobile and manufactured homes in Maryland’s coastal communities and their insurance agents are having difficulty finding insurance coverage as carriers pull away from the market. The problem is squeezing owners who want to sell their mobile or manufactured …
The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court erred in finding that a garbage truck driver and the city of Chesapeake were shielded by sovereign immunity for their role in an accident caused by the truck driver …
Two insurers have settled their dispute over coverage for an employee of the touring company for the musical “Cats” who was seriously injured on the set at a Providence theater in 2019. The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) employee was …
A property management firm’s excess insurers are not obligated to defend it in multi-district price-fixing litigation involving use of the real estate software RealPage. A federal district judge in Massachusetts found that the terms of Windsor Property Management Co.’s primary …
New York has issued guidance to commercial insurers that they are prohibited from inquiring about or making coverage decisions based on a property’s status as an affordable housing development or a tenant’s source of income. The guidance from the New …
A federal judge in New Jersey, in a blistering opinion, has refused to disqualify himself from a case involving his insurer, Liberty Mutual, and accused the insurer of seeking his recusal and attacking his integrity because it did not like …
Seventy-six days after it was blocked by the collapse of the Key Bridge, the major shipping channel through the Port of Baltimore has been cleared of debris and restored to allow commercial maritime transit. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …