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10 08, 2021

5th Circuit: Texas May Not Regulate Air Ambulance Fees

By | August 10th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 5th Circuit: Texas May Not Regulate Air Ambulance Fees

A federal appellate court ruled on Aug. 4 that the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation may not enforce a law that regulates fees charged by air ambulance companies that transport injured workers from accident scenes. The panel …

22 06, 2021

Regulator Objects But Court Clears Bid for $200M From Liquidated Insurer’s Owners

By | June 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Regulator Objects But Court Clears Bid for $200M From Liquidated Insurer’s Owners

Creditors who say they were swindled out of more than $200 million by the former owners of the liquidated CastlePoint group of insurance companies may proceed with most of the claims they made in a New York lawsuit, a California …

3 05, 2021

Insurers Expected to Expand Use of Drones to Survey Damage With Rule Change

By | May 3rd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insurers Expected to Expand Use of Drones to Survey Damage With Rule Change

New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules are expected to clear the way for expanded commercial use of drones, which are increasingly being used by insurers to assess property damage. The updated Operations Over People rules, which took effect on April …

30 04, 2021

Texas Insured Who Paid Part of Settlement May Seek Recovery from Carrier

By | April 30th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Texas Insured Who Paid Part of Settlement May Seek Recovery from Carrier

A woman who chipped in $100,000 toward a settlement after a car crash can sue her insurer to seek recovery of that cost, but cannot seek damages in excess of the policy limits for negligent failure to settle because there …

27 04, 2021

GEICO Must Pay $2.7M After Failing to Accept $30K Offer: Georgia Supreme Court

By | April 27th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on GEICO Must Pay $2.7M After Failing to Accept $30K Offer: Georgia Supreme Court

GEICO Indemnity Co.’s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under a ruling last week by the Georgia Supreme Court. The high court’s 7-0 decision answered three certified questions posed to …

15 04, 2021

N.J. Supreme Court Upholds Order to Reimburse Workers’ Comp Claimant for Marijuana

By | April 15th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on N.J. Supreme Court Upholds Order to Reimburse Workers’ Comp Claimant for Marijuana

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a construction company to reimburse a workers’ compensation claimant for marijuana that was prescribed to relieve his back pain caused by a work injury. The high court rejected M&K Construction’s argument that …

14 04, 2021

Texas Supreme Court Sides with Insure on Mold-Related Policy Changes

By | April 14th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Texas Supreme Court Sides with Insure on Mold-Related Policy Changes

The Texas Supreme Court on April 9 reversed lower court rulings and found that Farmers Insurance was within its rights when it decided 19 years ago not to renew homeowners’ policies that it feared would have forced it to cover …

14 04, 2021

Court Orders Chubb Subsidiary to Pay for Merchandise Lost in Warehouse Bankruptcy

By | April 14th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Court Orders Chubb Subsidiary to Pay for Merchandise Lost in Warehouse Bankruptcy

Chubb’s Federal Insurance Co. must pay more than $2 million to a fabric company that lost 22 trailer loads of merchandise when the Mississippi warehouse company that stored it, filed for bankruptcy, sold the goods and pocketed the proceeds. A …

9 04, 2021

Applied Analytics Isn’t Just for Insurers. Startups Help Claimants Get In On the Action

By | April 9th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Applied Analytics Isn’t Just for Insurers. Startups Help Claimants Get In On the Action

Lee Fogle reached down to save his 12-lb. Yorkshire terrier Nemo as a pit bull lunged forward. The attacking dog’s jaws clamped onto his left hand, sending him to a clinic for sutures and starting a 10-month-long insurance battle. “It …

22 03, 2021

N.H. Supreme Finds ‘Special Relationship,’ Affirms Jury Award Against Insurance Agency

By | March 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on N.H. Supreme Finds ‘Special Relationship,’ Affirms Jury Award Against Insurance Agency

A split decision by the New Hampshire Supreme Court released Friday offers a lesson to insurance agents about the importance of checklists. Three justices overruled two dissenters to affirm a Superior Court jury’s verdict that Foy Insurance Group was negligent …