A federal district court in New Jersey has ruled that anti-assignment clauses in health insurance plans were enforceable and validly barred beneficiaries from assigning benefits to healthcare providers.

A federal district court in Florida has ruled that a mold/fungal exclusion relieved an insurer of its duty to defend its insureds in a lawsuit – but the court nevertheless denied the insurer’s motion to recover fees and costs it incurred in defending its insureds under a reservation of rights.

New York City has agreed to settle a civil fraud lawsuit filed by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney alleging that the New York City Department of Transportation fraudulently obtained millions of dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency by falsely claiming that numerous vehicles were damaged during Superstorm Sandy.

A jury in New York has ruled that a motorcyclist and his passenger could recover for injuries they suffered when a trailing vehicle struck their motorcycle.

The Supreme Court of Nebraska has issued a decision explaining how to calculate attorneys’ fees in a worker’s compensation case involving lawyers who were discharged before the workers’ compensation court entered an award to the claimant.

Five federal regulatory agencies have issued a joint final rule requiring regulated institutions to accept certain private flood insurance policies in addition to National Flood Insurance Program policies.

During calendar year 2018, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr., issued 64 civil orders and 12 criminal orders totaling $320,671 in fines, penalties, and restitution.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affirming a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, has ruled that a pollution exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy precluded coverage of a claim by an employee who developed an occupational disease known as welder’s lung.