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Roy A. Mura
Posted By: Roy A. Mura
Court Rejects Ahlborn Method for Determining the Enforceable New York Workers' Compensation Lien and Future Payment Amounts
In what appears to be a case of first impression, the Erie County Supreme Court has declined to apply the equitable considerations outlined in the United States Supreme Court Medicaid-lien case Arkansas...
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Roland C. Goss
Posted By: Roland C. Goss
STATE LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY UPDATE
The following is an update on what has recently transpired in the state legislatures and insurance departments relating to reinsurance: On October 2, 2008, the New Jersey Consumer Catastrophe...
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Claire Wilkinson
Posted By: Claire Wilkinson
Soft Market Winding Down
The average property/casualty rate decrease hit single digits in October for the first time in more than 20 months according to online insurance exchange MarketScout . It put the average p/c rate decrease...
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Michael Thomas
Posted By: Michael Thomas
A person must be under the ongoing care of physician to claim disability benefits
The Plaintiff's claim for past disability benefits was dismissed on the basis of a limitation defence and her claim for ongoing disability benefits was dismissed as the Plaintiff was not under the regular...
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Joseph Paduda
Posted By: Joseph Paduda
Can Coventry change?
I've been conversing with a few old industry hands about Coventry work comp's recent decision to become kinder and friendlier. As I reported, the motivation stemmed from a customer survey done this...
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Spencer Y. Kook
Posted By: Spencer Y. Kook
Insurance Caselaw Roundup (11/14/08)
The following is a list of recent insurance-related opinions issued in California: Owner Who Could No Longer Work "Hands On" Held not "Totally Disabled" under Disability Policy to...
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Karen C Yotis
Posted By: Karen C Yotis
2008 Election Results: Coloring the Nation in a Purple Haze
According to President-elect Obama, we’re not Democrats or Republicans anymore, we’re Americans. Breathing in the air at Grant Park on election night, one could almost believe that Red states...
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Conferences in Las Vegas, NV Comprehensive Construction Defect Claims & Coverage SuperConference – Nov. 5-7, 2008 - LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
BVR Legal (formerly Mealey Conferences)
For years, carriers’ position on construction defect claims has been that damages resulting from faulty workmanship are foreseeable and therefore do not meet the definition of an occurrence or an...
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Conferences in New York Bad Faith Litigation Conference – Nov. 6-7, 2008 – The Harvard Club – NEW YORK
BVR Legal (formerly Mealey Conferences)
At the Bad Faith Litigation Conference YOU will … • Hear how bad faith claims can destroy viable insurance defenses. • Learn how to build a record that makes a difference in court....
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Conferences in Philadelphia PA The Insurance Industry’s Top 10 Risks & Opportunities Conference– Dec. 8-9, 2008 – Loews Philadelphia Hotel – PHILADELPHIA
BVR Legal (formerly Mealey Conferences)
For additional information about The Insurance Industry’s Top 10 Risks & Opportunities Conference click here .
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Conferences in Philadelphia Secondary Market for Life Insurance Conference – Nov. 17-18, 2008 – The Rittenhouse Hotel – PHILADELPHIA
BVR Legal (formerly Mealey Conferences)
The Secondary Market for Life Insurance has flourished, from its origins in funding end-of-life care for AIDS victims in the 1980s, into an aggressively evolving $12 billion industry bent on rapid growth....
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Conferences in Las Vegas, NV LRP's 17th Annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo Nov. 19-21, 2008 Las Vegas, NV
The National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo is one of the largest workers' compensation events in the country. For more information, click here .
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