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Judge Nixes Mars COVID-19 Insurance Bid But Leaves $1M Door Ajar
Oct 11 2022 // The U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia has dismissed a complaint by petcare and food company Mars Inc. seeking insurance coverage for COVID-19-related business interruption claims. Insurer FM Global sought and won...
Insurers’ Claims Investigation Work Product Protected After Alabama High Court Ruling
Oct 11 2022 // A company cannot be compelled to turn over its risk management work product that may include attorney-client information and claims investigators’ opinions, the Alabama Supreme Court decided. The case involved the...
Opinion: Consumers Pay the Price as Regulatory Interference Drives Property Insurance Market Instability
Oct 10 2022 // Many states are facing a growing affordability and availability crisis in property insurance markets, and it’s not just because of climate change. While climate change is leading to more severe and frequent natural...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Two State Lawsuits Over J&J Talc Marketing
Oct 6 2022 // A U.S. bankruptcy judge has blocked New Mexico and Mississippi from pursuing lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson misleading consumers about the safety of its talc products, such as its baby powder, for now. U.S....
Judge Dismisses Suit By Veterans’ Home Employees Over COVID Work Conditions
Oct 6 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by employees of the Massachusetts veterans’ home at the center of a devastating COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 who said their constitutional rights were violated because they...
Former Kentucky Lawmaker Sentenced to Prison in Fraud Case
Oct 5 2022 // Former Kentucky lawmaker Robert Goforth was sentenced Monday to two years and one month in federal prison for health care fraud and money laundering. Goforth, who resigned from the Kentucky House in 2021, also faces two...
Regulatory Roundup: Florida Warns of Crypto Scam, Louisiana Helps with $129 Million in Additional Claims, Connecticut Weighs in on Federal Subsidies
Oct 4 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
MGA Arcadian Risk Capital Gets Regulatory Approval for London, Dublin Companies
Oct 4 2022 // Arcadian Risk Capital Ltd., a Bermuda-based managing general agent (MGA) and part of the “Class of 2020” announced that it has received regulatory approvals for new London and Dublin companies. Arcadian UK...
Judge Dismisses Mexico Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers
Oct 3 2022 // A U.S. federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers arguing their commercial practices has led to bloodshed in Mexico. Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston ruled...
Judge Appoints Mediator in New Orleans Hotel Collapse Lawsuits
Oct 3 2022 // A New Orleans judge has brought in a mediator to try to work out a settlement with hundreds of people who claim damage from collapse of part of a hotel under construction nearly three years ago. Plaintiffs say they were...
Judge OKs $230M Settlement in California Oil Spill Case
Sep 26 2022 // A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015, lawyers announced. A federal judge in Los...
Collapse of Tailings Dam in South Africa Highlights Need for Global Regulations
Sep 23 2022 // The collapse of a tailings dam in South Africa earlier this month has put the spotlight on the need for binding global regulations of facilities used to store mining waste, investors and industry leaders said. A dam...
Dale Partners Ltd. Gets Regulatory Nod to Launch Lloyd’s Managing Agency
Sep 22 2022 // Dale Partners Ltd. (DPL) announced it has received approval from the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Lloyd’s to launch its managing agency, Dale Managing Agency...
Congress Examines Insurer Diversity; Results ‘Disappointing,’ Lawmakers Say
Sep 22 2022 // The insurance industry still has a lot of work to do when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion. In fact, despite a strong DEI push across the industry, there was little change in racial, ethnic and gender...
Trump Accuser Plans New Lawsuit Under New York’s Abuse Survivors Law
Sep 22 2022 // A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room intends to file another lawsuit against him under a new New York law letting sexual assault victims sue over attacks that...
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Texas Law on Social Media Regulation
Sep 20 2022 // A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech. But the...
Court Rules In Favor of Officer in Oklahoma Teen’s Death Lawsuit
Sep 19 2022 // An appeals court ruling could mean the end of a federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a Black teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was shot and killed by suburban Oklahoma City police in 2019. Police said...
Judge OKs Fund for University of Michigan Doctor’s Victims
Sep 19 2022 // A judge on Friday signed off on a fund for more than 1,000 people who said they were sexually assaulted by a University of Michigan doctor, an order that allows victims to start collecting a portion of a $490 million...
Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Virginia
Sep 19 2022 // A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 young people who claim that the state’s permitting of fossil fuel projects is exacerbating climate change and violating their constitutional...
California Lawmakers Pass Landmark Fast Food Workers Bill
Sep 19 2022 // California lawmakers approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up...
