New Yorks highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, has ruled that an employer that allegedly hired undocumented aliens in violation of federal law did not lose the benefit of a provision of the states Workers Compensation Law.

Is a sold vehicle still a covered auto if the owner did not transfer the title to his name? Does a homeowners policy respond if a heating service overfills the oil tank? This and more in Wednesdays mailbag.

Is a sold vehicle still a covered auto if the owner did not transfer the title to his name? Does a homeowners policy respond if a heating service overfills the oil tank? This and more in Wednesdays mailbag.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a district court decision reforming a commercial insurance policy to include an exclusion that the insurance company had inadvertently omitted.

Citibank, N.A., and CitiMortgage, Inc. have agreed to settle a putative class action lawsuit over force-placed insurance. Under the settlement, members of the proposed settlement classes will be entitled to receive more than $110 million in refunds of FPI premiums that were charged to their accounts by Citi.

Citibank, N.A., and CitiMortgage, Inc. have agreed to settle a putative class action lawsuit over force-placed insurance. Under the settlement, members of the proposed settlement classes will be entitled to receive more than $110 million in refunds of FPI premiums that were charged to their accounts by Citi.

It typically is a rather straightforward matter when an insurance company pleads diversity jurisdiction. In some instances, however, the question of a defendants citizenship can be complicated or even unknown. A recent decision suggests how an insurer can plead diversity when it cannot reasonably ascertain the facts supporting jurisdiction.

An appellate court in California ruled two people who protect the feral cat population at a college were not entitled to a defense under their homeowners insurance policy in a lawsuit that alleged invasion of privacy, stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault.