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1st Circuit Reverses Denial of Claim Based on Policyholder’s Lack of Cooperation

A policyholder whose representative was unable to answer all of an insurer’s questions and whose lawyer argued that the company’s continued requests for information were unreasonable did not provide an insurer with a basis for denying its claim, a panel …

Insurers Move to Prevent Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreaks in Reopened Buildings

Commercial insurers are scrutinizing building managers’ efforts to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease as they re-open movie theaters, gyms, schools and offices that had been closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, industry sources told Reuters. Legionnaires’ disease is …

West Virginia Men Face Arson, Fraud Charges

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Logan, Va., city councilman and three others on claims they purchased a vacant building, inflated its worth on an insurance policy and burned it down. Indictments unsealed on Tuesday name former councilman …