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NEW YORK -- Swiss Re on Aug. 19 announced the appointment of Walter A. Bell as Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation. Bell, whose appointment with Swiss Re is effective September 2, is currently Insurance Commissioner of the Alabama Departm continue reading - Marsh McLennan Names New CFO
NEW YORK -- Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. on August 21 announced its third chief financial officer in as many years with the appointment of Vanessa A. Wittman as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Wittman will rep continue reading - Colorado Court Looks to Rossmiller as Authority on Anti-Concurrent Cause Clauses
Insurance coverage attorney David P. Rossmiller’s commentary on anti-concurrent cause clauses has once again been cited as an authoritative work. The Colorado Court of Appeals in Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency v. Northfield In continue reading - CEO of Marsh India Appointed
MUMBAI, India – (Business Insurance) Marsh, Inc. has promoted Sanjay Kedia to chief executive country manager for Marsh India Insurance Brokers Private Ltd., the New York-based international broker announced Aug. 11. Kedia replaces Jonathan Bitc continue reading - The Hartford Appoints New CEO of European Operations
SIMSBURY, Conn. -- The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has appointed Marc Lieberman as president and chief executive officer of its European insurer, Hartford Life Limited. Lieberman, who assumed his new leadership position Aug. 13 continue reading
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LexisNexis Insurance Law Center Advisory Board LexisNexis Insurance Law Center Advisory Board LexisNexis is a collection of legal specialists, journalists, product developers, market analysts, technology experts, solution nuts, Web mavens, marketing geniuses, database maniacs, and many other types of professionals. The Insider Perspective blog is the place on our Web Centers where you can read what our experts think you need to know. Please feel free to comment on what they say, ask questions, and share with colleagues. Insurance Law Blog  | Posted By: Michael Aylward Vermont Joins Other Northeastern States, Adopts “Time on the Risk” Approach in Long-Tail Cases Even as briefing has begun before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court with respect to the issue of allocation, Vermont has joined the growing number of Northeastern states adopting a “time on the risk” approach in long-tail cases. continue reading | |  | Posted By: Scott Godes Come out, come out wherever you are: a primer on finding missing policies If your company ever faces claims that go back a number of years or even decades, as often is the case with latent injury claims, your company may have old insurance policies that provide coverage for such claims. But those old policies probably are n continue reading | |  | Posted By: Randy J. Maniloff New Jersey Appellate Division: Pollution Exclusion Not Applicable to a D&O Claim The Pollution Exclusion is the Law & Order of coverage issues. One of the spin-offs in this long-running coverage drama is its applicability to D&O claims. The latest episode came yesterday from the New Jersey Appellate Division. I continue reading | |  | Posted By: Richard L. Fenton Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, on Louisiana v. Allstate Ins.: Fifth Circuit Upholds Removal of Louisiana Monopolies Act Case In State of Louisiana, ex rel, James D. Caldwell v. Allstate Ins. Co ., ___ F.3d ___, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 15275, No. 08-30465 (5th Cir. July 18, 2008), the Fifth Circuit considered the reach of removal under the continue reading | | | Posted By: Scott Godes Insurance companies’ public filings: chock full of information helpful to policyholder counsel If you represent policyholders, you’ve heard it countless times from opposing counsel: reserves information is not relevant, and it won’t be produced. And if you represent insurance companies in coverage disputes, you’ve probably rep continue reading | | | view all posts |
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On this edtiion, David Gische of Ross, Dixon & Bell in Washington, D.C. on directors and officers insurance coverage issues. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest insurance litigation news headlines, visit law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/insurance.
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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.
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