K&L Gates LLP | USA | 18 Feb 2021
In the matter of In Re MetLife Inc. Derivative Litigation (Consol. C.A. No. 2019-0452-SG), the Delaware Court of Chancery held that stockholder…
Mills Oakley | Australia | 30 Jun 2019
This was an appeal against a decision of a single judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court to confirm the decision of the TPD insurer to decline a…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Australia | 17 Jan 2019
An insurer must act fairly and reasonably in its process of consideration and its decision. The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the NSW…
Harper Grey LLP | Canada | 13 Nov 2018
Ontario Court of Appeal allows appeal of order dismissing representative plaintiffs’ certification motion in proposed class action lawsuit in respect…
Ulmer & Berne LLP | USA | 5 Nov 2018
Last year I wrote about FINRA’s effort to encourage firms to self-report their problems, pausing to wonder at the suggestion attributed to Jessica…
Hogan Lovells | Mexico | 18 Sep 2018
The recently elected government administration has publicly announced that it intends to eliminate the private medical insurance currently granted to…
Milbank LLP | Global, USA | 29 Jun 2017
On June 8, 2017, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 ("H.R. 10"). 1 Subtitle D, entitled "Eliminating…
Barry Nilsson | Australia | 3 May 2017
On 23 June 2003 MetLife and RGA entered into a reinsurance treaty whereby RGA agreed to reinsure the liabilities MetLife had under group life…
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | USA | 16 Mar 2017
The Court of Appeals of Oregon has overturned a trial court’s approval of a structured settlement petition over the objections of the annuity issuer…
Dentons | European Union, USA | 22 Nov 2016
Apart from a fundamental disagreement between the parties as to whether the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") should be repealed and replaced, insurance…