When Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) was denied life insurance because of questions related to past and future travel, a storm of controversy was unleashed. Representative Wasserman-Schultz went to both Congress and the insurance regulat

If the National Insurance Act of 2007 becomes law it may well lead to a revolution in the insurance industry. At present, insurance is regulated state by state. This bill would allow insurance companies to be chartered by the federal government and to

This commentary provides expert insight into how the ''California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006'' (AB32)—which was enacted on Sept 27, 2006, and become effective on Jan 1, 2007—affects your business.

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ATLANTA - An errors and omissions insurer has a duty to defend its insured mortgage banker against underlying claims of breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation because those claims did not arise out of a defective deed or title, an excluded cause of loss, the 11th Circuit U.

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NEW ORLEANS - Section 108 (a) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code did not affect the time period within which a bankruptcy trustee could assert legal malpractice claims against a law firm and its errors and omissions insurer, and, therefore, the trustee was required to file the claims within the peremptive periods set forth in Louisiana's legal malpractice statute, a Louisiana federal judge found July 7, dismissing all claims against the law firm and insurer (H.

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The 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business has rated Wiley Rein's Insurance Practice in the top tier of Washington, DC insurer-side practices and identified eight of the group's members as "Leading Lawyers" in t

NEW YORK -- The Board of Directors of American International Group, Inc. on July 16 elected Suzanne Nora Johnson a Director. Johnson, 51, retired as Vice Chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in 2007. Johnson had been at the firm for m

NEW YORK -- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America on July 17 announced that it has hired insurance industry veteran Deanna M. Mulligan to fill a key leadership position with the firm. Mulligan has joined Guardian as Executive Vice

BOSTON – Liberty Insurance Co. Ltd. announced in a statement on July 14 its approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission to establish a branch in Beijing. It will be the first China branch for the company, a wholly owned subsidiary of

KANSAS CITY, Mo -- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP recently announced that insurance and litigation attorney Bruce E. Baty has joined the firm as a partner in its national Insurance Regulatory Practice. He comes to Sonnenschein from Stinson Morr

Marsh proposes $69M settlement of brokerage MDL litigation, and, the 8th Circuit says sexual assault claims are excluded under a policy regardless of an insured's intent. These and other stories, plus, former North Dakota insurance commissioner Jim Poolman on this LexisNexis Insurance law center podcast. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest insurance litigation news headlines, visit law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/insurance.