The Supreme Court of Arkansas has ruled that medical benefits provisions in automobile insurance policies were not ambiguous and that injured passengers were not entitled to recover the difference between what their medical providers billed and the amounts they agreed to accept.

Chaucer has appointed Colm Sheedy as class underwriter to work on its U.S. general liability account.

A decision by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania highlights a split between Pennsylvania district courts regarding whether to sever breach of contract and bad faith claims brought by insureds against their insurers.

A federal district court in California has ruled that a bad faith counterclaim brought by an insured against its insurer did not violate California's Anti-SLAPP statute.

An Illinois court has ruled that a commercial general liability insurance carrier had no duty to defend its insured in a lawsuit brought by the state of Illinois where the insured had not notified the insurer of the lawsuit until six years after it had been filed.

A federal district court in Texas has granted an insured's application and compelled the parties to appoint appraisers – even though the appraiser may need to make a decision on causation.

A federal district court in California has denied an insurance company's motion to compel appraisal, finding that the issues in dispute were not subject to the insurance policy's appraisal provision.

A federal district court in California has denied a motion by two insureds to compel arbitration of their claim for underinsured motorist benefits.