Litigation

The liability limits sold to the class representative were approximately 4.5% higher than they would have been had defendants based those limits on reconstruction cost without debris removal, the suit alleged.

One of the most powerful tools insurance carriers have to fight fraud is to rescind a policy based on a material misrepresentation in the application.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated and remanded a lower court's ruling, determining a property owner had properly demanded an appraisal within the time limit provided in his policy with Allstate.

The plaintiff received 12 times the policy limit of the defendant's insurance coverage.

A New Jersey court previously ruled purchasers of PIP coverage are entitled to reimbursement for the entire policy amount, without reduction of a deductible or co-payment.

An appeal is underway in a case involving a woman who had her workers' compensation benefits pulled for failing to stop smoking while undergoing medical treatments.