7/23/2009 11:51:17 AM EST The 2009 hurricane season is expected to be moderate, but that’s no reason to let your defenses down. In setting your expectations for the coming months, it pays to consider severity as ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/10/2009 2:21:43 PM EST Senior Judge Senter from the Southern District of Mississippi continues to be on the front lines of the Katrina insurance coverage battles. In a case headed for trial, Judge Senter recent ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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5/19/2009 12:14:12 PM EST
The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially runs from June 1 to November 30, though peak activity usually occurs in August and September. Wit ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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3/6/2009 8:01:21 PM EST Posted by Roy A. Murafounder and managing partner, Mura & Storm PLLC Here on the east coast, most people probably don't know or don't care that their property insurance policies -- both commercial and personal lines policies -- exclude coverage for Continue reading >>
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2/21/2009 10:53:58 PM EST NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Feb. 17 reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a suit resulting from Hurricane Katrina brought on behalf of the US against eight flood insurers. A three-judge panel ru ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/29/2008 4:06:15 PM EST This forum focuses on legal issues and my background is in underwriting, specifically commercial property insurance, so I’m hoping to bring a different perspective to the table. Public policy debates on catastrophe insurance plans have been a hot ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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4/9/2008 10:09:56 AM EST
Judge Brian E. Sandoval of the U.S. District Court in Nevada awarded a partial summary judgment to a leading national gaming operator. Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., in an i ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Read Comments (1)
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4/9/2008 8:59:49 AM EST The Louisiana Supreme Court has unanimously enforced the flood exclusion for Hurricane Katrina losses in New Orleans. Sher had a five-unit apartment building that suffered some wind damage to the upper stories and had flood waters reach a level ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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4/8/2008 9:05:10 AM EST On April 7, 2008, the Fifth Circuit reversed a judgment for actual and punitive damages against State Farm in a Mississippi bad faith case arising out of Hurricane Katrina. ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Read Comments (1)
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3/24/2008 11:58:33 AM EST A plenary session at the ICLC Annual Meeting on February 28 was entitled “Confronting Catastrophe: Pandemics, Hurricanes, Terrorists – Oh My!” The program noted that “ The extreme ruin caused by Hurricane Katrina would pale ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Read Comments (2)
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3/22/2008 12:18:41 AM EST We’re going to try something a little different in an effort to enrich your experience when you visit the insurance law center. With the assistance of that eclectic group known as the In ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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3/3/2008 7:53:56 AM EST James M. Davis now with Reed Smith LLP presented a paper he wrote with Noel C. Paul a t the Feb. 28 Session at the ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Meeting in Tucson. The paper is titled, ” Compensating Victims of Catastrophes ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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1/31/2008 12:31:25 PM EST While insurance coverage cases are normally the focus of the Hurricane Katrina litigation that I follow, an important non-insurance ruling in the Katrina Canal Breaches litigation is worth noting here. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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1/17/2008 7:03:03 PM EST Lawyer and blogger Marc Mayerson generated a good bit of comment, and some useful links, in his post on the ba ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Read Comments (1)
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