/insurance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Insurance Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:13:49 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425215?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425215 A New York federal judge undid an excess insurer's denial of coverage for a plumbing company facing lawsuits over a building fire, saying that both parties agreed to the policy under a "mutual mistake" over the scope of coverage. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:03:56 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425147?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425147 Insurance company AmTrust accused Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP on Monday of being "asleep at the wheel" and causing discovery failures in an investor suit in New York federal court accusing the insurer of making financial misrepresentations related to its IPO, which AmTrust argues makes the firm inadequate for lead counsel appointment. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:16:05 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425293?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425293 A sweep of settlements in major lawsuits punctuated the second half of the year in North Carolina, from a record-breaking wrongful death deal to an eleventh-hour resolution in a lending fight over a biogas development project. Here are some of the top North Carolina case outcomes in the second half of 2025. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:42:30 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425157 Advice that McDonald Hopkins LLC gave a Florida hospital manager about potential exposure to criminal prosecution for healthcare fraud is neither privileged nor work product, and so should be handed over to a Blue Cross health insurer being sued for malicious prosecution in Georgia federal court, the insurer said. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:00:16 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425210?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425210 A group of insurers pressed the Fifth Circuit on Monday to reconsider its decision nixing an arbitration order for a southern Louisiana town in a dispute over hurricane damage coverage, saying the opinion wrongly analyzes whether nonsignatories can enforce an international arbitration agreement. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:44:22 +0000 /insurance/articles/2418978?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2418978 Several closely watched cases in Pennsylvania came to a close in 2025, ending in sentencings for the founders of the $404 million Par Funding merchant cash-advance investment scheme, the final designation for the mysterious death of a Philadelphia teacher, and a U.S. Supreme Court rebuff in a battle over the state's $300 million medical malpractice insurance surplus. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:04:26 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425086?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425086 A Pittsburgh law firm that handles medical malpractice and insurance litigation faces a proposed class action complaint alleging that it failed to protect the private health and personal data of patients whose information was stolen in a data breach. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:39:07 +0000 /insurance/articles/2424980?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2424980 An insurer's suit seeking to avoid covering a tree company accused of causing a fire that resulted in $2 million in damage to a funeral home's property is premature and should be tossed, the funeral home told a Florida federal court. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:18:56 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425183?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425183 An explosion prevention system provider owes over $3 million in damages related to an explosion and subsequent fire at a Kentucky manufacturing facility, the facility's insurers alleged, maintaining that the provider was negligent in the design and maintenance of the facility's system. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:56:36 +0000 /insurance/articles/2425218?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2425218 The insurer to a Colorado construction company told a federal court Monday that it shouldn't be liable for $850,000 in replacement electrical work at Denver International Airport because the insured construction company was aware of a design error. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:47:53 +0000 /insurance/articles/2424871?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2424871 An insurer owes an additional $8.9 million for wind and hail damage to an Indiana apartment complex, the property owners told a federal court Monday, saying the carrier has wrongfully limited coverage to approximately $785,000. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:37:26 +0000 /insurance/articles/2424829?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2424829 The Tenth Circuit is not the proper forum for a Utah plumbing company to challenge the Internal Revenue Service's 2016 notice denying a microcaptive insurance deduction, the appeals court found Monday, citing two statutes that bar the company's arguments. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:47:10 +0000 /insurance/articles/2423300?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2423300 Recent Second Circuit arguments in Acetaminophen Products Liability Litigation implied a low bar for judicial gatekeeping of expert testimony, but under amended Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, judges must rigorously scrutinize expert opinions before allowing them to reach juries, says Lee Mickus at Evans Fears. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:45:13 +0000 /insurance/articles/2424666?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2424666 An Ohio federal judge on Monday granted Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. a quick win on some claims in a class action from employee 401(k) plan participants who alleged mismanagement, but directed the parties to prepare for a bench trial on other claims in the federal benefits lawsuit. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:40:29 +0000 /insurance/articles/2424712?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2424712 A Connecticut federal court gave final approval to a deal requiring a life insurance and financial planning company to pay $335,000 to end claims over a 2023 data breach that potentially compromised its customers' personal information. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:37:07 +0000 /insurance/articles/2423454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2423454 California continued to shape the national insurance landscape in 2025, issuing a series of decisions that may recalibrate claims handling, underwriting strategy and policy drafting in areas from property damage claims after a wildfire to automobile coverage for delivery drivers in the gig economy, say attorneys at Nicolaides Fink. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:30:20 +0000 /insurance/articles/2424262?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2424262 A Hanover Insurance Group Inc. unit has urged a Georgia judge to keep alive its $10 million legal malpractice suit against Hall Booth Smith PC, arguing that whether it was ever actually a client of the firm is a fact issue not ready for adjudication. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:09:39 +0000 /insurance/articles/2419535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2419535 Fashion, beauty and cosmetic companies getting ready for 2026 shouldn't neglect important insurance considerations, including stand-alone policies for specialized risk and check-ins with supply chain partners on policy requirements, say attorneys at K&L Gates. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:01:39 +0000 /insurance/articles/2424379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2424379 After 17 years of litigation, a certified class of homeowners got the final stamp of approval in California federal court for a $29.5 million settlement with PHH Mortgage and its captive reinsurer, both of which homeowners alleged received unlawful kickbacks from premiums paid for mortgage insurance. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:40:18 +0000 /insurance/articles/2379250?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance/articles/2379250 A Florida federal judge sentenced a software company CEO to 15 years in prison Friday for participating in a scheme to coordinate illegal medical kickbacks through an internet platform, an operation that resulted in $1.4 billion worth of false billings to Medicare and other insurers for unnecessary medical products.