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1 02, 2023

Insurers Leery of Hyundais and Kias Famous on Social Media for Being Easy to Steal

By | February 1st, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insurers Leery of Hyundais and Kias Famous on Social Media for Being Easy to Steal

Social media influencers and an insurance industry think tank are giving Hyundai and Kia vehicles the worst kind of publicity: Many of the cars the company sold are easy to steal. In the past week, newspapers and television news producers …

2 02, 2023

McClenny Moseley Sanctioned by 3rd La. Judge for Duplicate Filings

By | February 2nd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on McClenny Moseley Sanctioned by 3rd La. Judge for Duplicate Filings

Attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates appeared in a New Orleans courtroom Wednesday to explain why they claimed to represent a homeowner who says she didn’t hire the law firm, but did sign some paperwork handed to her by a …

1 02, 2023

Kansas High Court Reverses $3.4M Bad Faith Judgment Against Insurer

By | February 1st, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Kansas High Court Reverses $3.4M Bad Faith Judgment Against Insurer

An insurer’s duty to act in good faith and with reasonable care does not necessarily include a requirement to begin settlement negotiations before a claim is filed, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled. The high court affirmed a panel decision by …

27 01, 2023

Wisc. Court: Homicide Conviction Doesn’t Mean Baby’s Death Wasn’t an Accident

By | January 27th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Wisc. Court: Homicide Conviction Doesn’t Mean Baby’s Death Wasn’t an Accident

The mother of a baby girl who was killed by her father may pursue a claim against the father’s insurer because of unresolved questions, including whether the death was an accident, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a …

25 01, 2023

Report Says Social Inflation Adds Up to 11% to Physician Malpractice Claims

By | January 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Report Says Social Inflation Adds Up to 11% to Physician Malpractice Claims

Social inflation accounts for 8% to 11% of all medical malpractice losses for carriers that insure physicians, according to an actuarial analysis commissioned by The Doctors Co. TDC hired Moore Actuarial Consulting to estimate how much insurers’ average losses are …

25 01, 2023

Attorney for La. Insurer Says Firm Working with Contractors to Find New Hurricane Claimants

By | January 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Attorney for La. Insurer Says Firm Working with Contractors to Find New Hurricane Claimants

An insurance defense attorney accuses the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm of teaming up with restoration contractors to illegally acquire clients, which sometimes resulted in duplicate lawsuits being filed against insurers for claimants who were already represented by other …

16 01, 2023

Exclusive Remedy Bars Uninsured Motorist Coverage for Crash — S. Carolina High Court

By | January 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Exclusive Remedy Bars Uninsured Motorist Coverage for Crash — S. Carolina High Court

If Stephany Connelly had not been working, she may have been entitled to collect up to $350,000 in uninsured motorist benefits because of the injuries she suffered from a 2015 car crash. But she was working at the time of …

29 12, 2022

Ransomware Did Not Cause Direct Physical Loss, State High Court Says

By | December 29th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Ransomware Did Not Cause Direct Physical Loss, State High Court Says

A business owner’s insurance policy did not provide coverage for software damaged by a ransomware attack because there was no direct physical damage or loss, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. “Computer software cannot experience ‘direct physical loss or physical damage’ …

9 12, 2022

Suspended Florida Claim Center Lawyer Agrees to Interim Probation

By | December 9th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Suspended Florida Claim Center Lawyer Agrees to Interim Probation

A Florida lawyer whose law license was suspended after setting up a “mobile claim center” near Fort Myers is able to resume the practice of law under the terms of an agreement she reached with the Florida Bar. Jennifer Perez, …

29 11, 2022

Illinois Supreme Court: Tenants not Covered by Landlord’s Insurance Policy

By | November 29th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Illinois Supreme Court: Tenants not Covered by Landlord’s Insurance Policy

An insurer has no duty to defend the tenants of an insured property against a third-party negligence contribution claim, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a unanimous decision, the state high court reversed the Third District Appellate Court and …