A father and son who submitted more than $27 million in fraudulent hearing aid claims to insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas have been sentenced to eight and seven years in federal prison, respectively.

An Arizona court has ruled that a domestic animal exclusion in an insurance policy did not preclude coverage of a claim for property damage caused by feral cats.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has ruled that a plaintiff was not entitled to recover fees under the Equal Access to Judgment Act in a suit against a flood insurer, rejecting a contrary decision by another federal court in the state.

A Pennsylvania court has denied a life insurer’s motion to dismiss a breach of contract claim brought by the owner of a life insurance policy that arose after the insurer allegedly mailed a “lapse notice” to one of her sons.

A Michigan court has ruled that an insurer was not obligated to pay no-fault personal protection insurance benefits to its insured who allegedly was injured while using a charity’s truck to pick up donated goods.

Jonathan Williams, a former Maryland insurance agent and financial planner with New York Life, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison.

The Eighth Circuit has ruled that an excess liability insurer that did not control the defense of its insured in an underlying suit had to be afforded an opportunity to prove in a subsequent coverage action that the jury award included damages for uncovered as well as covered claims.

The Fifth Circuit has ruled that a subcontractor was not entitled to insurance coverage for its obligation to a company with which it had contracted for what the latter had expended for labor and materials on a construction project.