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Court allows insurer to retain premium in a STOLI case

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

In PHL Variable Insurance Company v. The P. Bowie 2008 Irrevocable Trust (May 13, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Connecticut considering auto glass repair disclosure bill

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

Earlier this week, the Connecticut House passed HB 5072, limiting the abilities of insurance companies or their representatives to "steer" insureds

Connecticut continues efforts to attract captives

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

At Connecticut's first Captive Insurance Day at the Capitol May 14, 2013, representatives of the Connecticut Insurance Department (the "CID"), the

New guidance issued on “fixed indemnity” insurance benefits under Affordable Care Act

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) was enacted in 1996, it exempted coverage of “excepted benefits” from its

NAIC Spring National Meetings: Houston, Texas - April 5-9, 2013

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

The following is a summary of select developments and discussions addressed at the NAIC Spring National Meetings held in Houston, Texas on April 5-9

CCIIO issues broker guidelines for exchanges

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

On May 1, the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), a part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), issued

Life insurance beneficiary files putative class action lawsuit against life insurer targeting unclaimed property practices

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 5 2013

A federal class action lawsuit was recently filed in Massachusetts against a leading life insurer targeting claims settlement practices for unclaimed

Revised NAIC insurance holding company model act gains traction

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2012

As part of its solvency modernization initiative, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted broad revisions to its model Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act and its Insurance Holding Company System Model Regulation (collectively, the Revised Model Law) in December of 2010

Seventh Circuit decision explains jurisdictional limits for federal court litigation of class action insurance coverage issues

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2012

If an insurance company denies coverage for state court class action litigation and wants the right to litigate the coverage issues in federal court rather than state court, the insurance company should consider filing a declaratory judgment action in federal court before approval of a class settlement or risk losing the right to litigate the issues in federal court

Preparing for contingent business interruption claims in the wake of Superstorm Sandy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

The sheer amount of physical damage caused by what was left of Hurricane Sandy when it made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012, is difficult