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High Court limits plaintiffs ability to cap damages prior to class certification

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 21 2013

On March 19, in The Standard Fire Insurance Company v. Knowles, No. 11-1450, the United States Supreme Court ruled that stipulations by a named

Florida intermediate appellate court opinion may result in increased obligation for insurers to provide independent counsel for additional insured

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2013

On February 20, 2013, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal held as a matter of first impression in University of Miami v. Great American

Suit seeking damages arising from food product potentially contaminated by tainted instant milk is covered under distributor's general liability insurance

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2013

In Netherlands Ins. Co. v. Main Street Ingredients, LLC, No. 0:11-cv-00533-DSD-FLN (D. Minn. Jan. 8, 2013), the United States District Court for the

Ninth Circuit holding lends support to claims that insurance may be available for suits challenging debit practices

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 11 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that the common banking practice of sequencing the processing of large debit transactions

Health care reform - more fees on the horizon for group health plans

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2012

Beginning in 2014, sponsors of self-insured group health plans (and insurers for insured group health plans) will be required to pay an annual fee to fund

New York Court of Appeals permits failure-to-procure claim against broker despite policyholder's failure to read the policy

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2012

In American Building Supply Corp. v. Petrocelli Group, Inc., No. 188, 2012 N.Y. LEXIS 3476 (N.Y. Nov. 19, 2012), New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, held that an insurance broker could be held liable for a failure to procure adequate insurance coverage even though the policyholder failed to read the policy to confirm that the coverage sought had been properly procured

Second Circuit finds crime insurance policy's overt felonious act requirement to be ambiguous

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 11 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in VAM Check Cashing Corp. v. Federal Insurance Company, No. 11-2644-cv, (2d Cir. Nov. 7, 2012), found the “overt felonious act” requirement in a crime insurance policy to be ambiguous

Health care reform - determining who is full-time under the employer coverage mandate

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 19 2012

The employer shared responsibility rules under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will go into effect in 2014

Supreme Court of Kentucky finds anti-assignment clause unenforceable

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 15 2012

The Supreme Court of Kentucky held that an anti-assignment provision in a builder’s risk insurance policy is not enforceable where the claimed loss occurs before the assignment

Pennsylvania federal court finds liability policy's pollution exclusion not a bar to coverage for damages resulting from a petroleum asphalt spill

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 27 2012

In Travelers Indemnity Company v. MTS Transport, LLC, No. 11-01567, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127847 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 7, 2012), a federal court held that a pollution exclusion in an excess liability insurance policy was ambiguous and, therefore, did not bar a defense for claims arising out of a petroleum asphalt spill