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The N.Y. DFS has determined the car-sharing service RelayRides put New Yorkers at risk through false advertising, unlicensed insurance activity and other violations of law.
A Washington appeals court has decided that a case alleging road rage did not involve an accident as required for coverage under either a homeowners' or an auto policy.
Bills have been introduced in the Tennessee House and Senate that would make various changes concerning insurance coverage of sinkhole losses and subsequent structural repair.
Bills have been introduced in the Tennessee House and Senate that would make various changes concerning insurance coverage of sinkhole losses and subsequent structural repair.
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.
A federal district court ruled that an insurer was not obligated to cover claims stemming from allegedly faulty emergency-mitigation measures and repairs made to a roof damaged by Hurricane Isaac.