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Coverage that focuses on both the legal risks facing insurance companies, as well as how companies are using insurance to hedge risk. We cover health insurance and cyber insurance frequently.
By Varsha Patel | January 21, 2020
Osborne Clarke advised on the acquisition.
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By Christopher Niesche | December 5, 2019
The Great Barrier Reef is both a World Heritage site and an economic asset that provides jobs, income and government revenue. Therefore, it should be insured against catastrophic events to guarantee its long-term resilience, the report says.
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By Christopher Niesche | December 3, 2019
Corporations and governments dealing with increased environmental regulations and societal pressures are seeking more advice from outside counsel on environmental issues.
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By Krishnan Nair | December 2, 2019
Shareholders at predecessor Quindell have accused the firm of misleading them, resulting in significant losses.
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By Amy Guthrie | November 18, 2019
The firm says its web-based tool allows clients to settle 80% of claims within this system without lawyers.
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By Simon Lock | November 1, 2019
The firm's global head of corporate insurance has exited the firm after over two decades in the post.
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By John Kang, The Asian Lawyer | November 1, 2019
Patrick Yeo and Hui Ying Lim are the first partner departures from Withers KhattarWong since the U.K.- and Singapore-based firms merged at the beginning of the year.
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By Christopher Niesche | October 10, 2019
The team is led by Tim Searle, who has lived and practised in both Australia and the U.K. and has managed claims across six continents, including in the U.S.
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By Meganne Tillay | October 2, 2019
The new law firm will specialise in providing insurance and reinsurance legal advice.
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By Jack Newsham | September 25, 2019
The team, based in New York, San Francisco and London, could expand to 15 lawyers and staff making the move from Drinker.
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By Jillian Raines and Alex Harris | October 1, 2023
How should a federal court decide whether to enforce a choice-of-law provision? That's the question at the heart of 'Great Lakes Ins. v. Raiders Retreat Realty', a maritime coverage dispute that will be argued before the Supreme Court. However the court rules, the decision could have wide-ranging implications for insurance disputes—even those on land.
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By Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes | September 28, 2023
Recently, the Eastern District of New York granted summary judgment to an insurer, holding that the insurer had no duty to defend based on the terms of an exclusion in the policy. This decision highlights how, where the facts plainly fall within a clearly-drafted exclusion, courts will not hesitate to enforce the exclusion as written.
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By Patricia A. Monahan | September 28, 2023
While it is well known that an insured has a clear and convincing standard of proving bad faith in order to recover such damages, it is lesser recognized that an insured does not have to prove outrageous conduct or evil motive to prove entitlement to punitive damages.
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By Emily Cousins | September 27, 2023
"Absent any improvement whatsoever in [my client's health], they out of the blue do an about-face and declare [she] can work based primarily ... on a doctor three time zones away who wrote a five-page report," Ian O. Smith said. "For 22 years, I've been doing my best to counter that because ... under any standard, any reasonable person would view this as wrong."
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By Allison Dunn | September 27, 2023
"I am pleased with the decision from the Court of Appeals and I am proud of my office's efforts to ensure that these workers are treated fairly and given the benefits they right deserve," Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said in a statement to Law.com.
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By Jacquelyn Mohr Heitman | September 27, 2023
Many policyholders misunderstand their relationship with their insurers. Having purchased an insurance policy, they assume that their insurer will make a good-faith effort to honor its contractual obligations, which is not always the case, according to Jacquelyn Mohr Heitman of Pasich.
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By Allison Dunn | September 25, 2023
"Here, we have concluded that Wesco's contacts with Massachusetts are unrelated to the claims in this case, and that whatever indirect contact (if any) Wesco had with Massachusetts related to Pray's claims is insufficient to satisfy due process," Massachusetts Appeals Associate Justice Peter Sacks wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel.
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By ALM Staff | September 25, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Emily Cousins | September 18, 2023
When Cigna released its second-quarter financial performance on Aug. 5, 2021, its stock dropped by 13%, and Ferrie "realized an approximately 236% profit of $16,039.78 on his investment of $6,782.05," the complaint said.
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By James "Jay" Sadd and Richard E. "Rich" Dolder | September 15, 2023
Contrary to claims made in this space on Sept. 7, the law is not "needlessly complex." The law requires only that insurance companies act reasonably under the circumstances when they receive a valid offer to settle a claim against an insured.
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