Texas / South Central News Texas Supreme Ct. Reverses Sanctions, Finds Carrier Had Right to Medical Records in UIM Case The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reversed a Dallas County judge’s decision to sanction an insurer for making an “overbroad”... Read More
West News Details of California Wildfire Plan Sketchy But It’s Useful Marketing Tool for Data Vendors A proposal by California’s insurance regulator to require insurers to write more policies in areas at risk of wildfires is... Read More
Midwest News Ohio Court Cites Wording of Exception to Exclusion in Reviving Dog Bite Claim An Ohio appellate court revived a dog bite injury claim against an insurer after finding that the terms of an... Read More
Texas / South Central News La. State Police Open Criminal Investigation into MMA, Apex Roofing Louisiana State Police have opened a criminal investigation into efforts by McClenny Moseley & Associates and Apex Roofing to solicit... Read More
Catalytic Converter Thefts Down by Half as Precious Metal Prices Drop The number of insurance claims filed for catalytic converter thefts plummeted this year after rising dramatically in 2021 and 2022.... Read More
Southeast News Fla. Supreme Ct. Rejects Offset from Jury Award for $4M Paid to Settle Bad Faith Claims Randy Willoughby’s lawyers turned a $10,000 uninsured motorist policy into a $4 million bad-faith settlement with his auto insurer. Then... Read More
Midwest News Ohio Law Applies in Insurance Dispute over Superfund Remediation Costs Ohio law must be used to resolve an insurance dispute involving a polluted site in Michigan caused by manufacturing companies... Read More
Texas / South Central News Immunity Doesn’t Protect Local Governments from Administrative Penalties, Texas Court Rules Political subdivisions in Texas can’t use governmental immunity to evade administrative penalties for failing to timely pay workers’ compensation benefits,... Read More
J.D. Power: Auto Claimants More Satisfied Even Though Repairs Taking Longer Auto repairs are taking more than twice as long as they did in 2021, but policyholders who filed claims appear... Read More
Midwest News Illinois Court Rules Insurer Had Contractual Right to Subrogation Zurich American Insurance Co. may pursue a subrogation lawsuit against a subcontractor that it says forced it to pay a... Read More