December 13, 2010
A U.S. judge in Virginia Monday declared a key part of President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law unconstitutional in the first major setback on an issue that will likely end up at the Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson, …
December 13, 2010
The Arkansas Department of Insurance is reminding insurance agents and insurers to take care when providing Certificates of Insurance to policyholders. The department said there have been recent instances in which policyholders have been provided with certificates “that contain additional …
December 13, 2010
The U.S. Justice Department is confident it will ultimately prevail in defending a key part of President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law, a department spokeswoman said Monday. Spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler expressed disappointment that a federal judge in Virginia declared a …
December 13, 2010
Within hours of President Barack Obama signing into law last March the healthcare reforms he had championed, several states filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of new requirements, including one that individuals buy health insurance. Most legal scholars expect one of …
December 13, 2010
The world’s governments agreed Saturday to modest steps to combat climate change and to give more money to poor countries, but they put off until next year tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The deal includes a Green Climate …
December 13, 2010
Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. took another step in its restructuring this week, but it is only noticeable to those looking closely: it put the company’s logo back on employee identification cards. After its Sept. 2008 government rescue, AIG …
December 13, 2010
Chubb has inked a consulting agreement with retiring COO and Vice Chairman John Degnan, who will stay on next year as a senior adviser to the New Jersey-based insurer. Degnan, who is set to retire at the end of the …
December 13, 2010
A Tennessee court has ruled that a person who leaves keys in a car can be held responsible if the car is stolen and then involved in a crash. The Tennessee Court of Appeals– in a case involving a stolen …
December 13, 2010
Pet owners who witness their animals being killed by another creature cannot seek damages for emotional distress, a New Jersey appellate court has ruled. The decision issued Friday came in the case of a woman whose small dog was mauled …
December 13, 2010
A federal appeals court last Friday reversed itself and now says the heirs of Armenians killed in the Turkish Ottoman Empire can seek payment from companies that sold their relatives life insurance. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in …