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ARBITRATING INSURANCE DISPUTES IN MISSISSIPPI: INSURANCE
Robert B. House, Esq. David L. Martin, Esq. J. Andrew Gipson, Esq. Jury verdicts in Mississippi are among the highest in the nation.1 Two of the nation's twenty highest verdicts for the year 2001 were rendered by Mississippi juries.
INSURANCE COMPANY LIABILITY FOR FRAUDULENT ACTS OF INDEPENDENT AGENTS UNDER THE MAINE INSURANCE CODE
D. Michael Frink, Esq. For the past two years, the Maine Bureau of Insurance, the Maine Securities Division and the Maine Department of Attorney General have been engaged in an extensive market conduct investigation of an unprecedented series of misrepresentations, non-disclosures, twisting and outright theft, as a result of the actions of a single, independent insurance agent who was also a licensed securities broker.
APPLICATION OF NEW FINANCIAL AND HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY LAWS TO THE VIATICAL AND LIFE SETTLEMENT INDUSTRY
Brian T. Casey, Esq. This article analyzes the application of the modern privacy laws to the viatical and life settlement industry.
CLOSING THE DOOR ON SCOTT-PONTZER, ET AL
Robert H. Katz, Esq. The Ohio Supreme Court has greatly expanded the scope of UM/UIM coverage with critical decisions that have caught the insurance industry, the insurance buyer, and especially the business consumer, by surprise.
SUPREME COURT HOLDS ILLINOIS INDEPENDENT REVIEW LAW IS NOT PREEMPTED BY ERISA
D. Robert Enten, Esq. Christine Williams, Esq. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an Illinois law requiring HMOs to abide by independent reviewers' decisions on medical necessity is not preempted by the federal law that governs employee benefit plans.
INSURERS AND THE USA PATRIOT ACT
Gordon C. Amini, Esq. Lisa G. Bays, Esq. No person of sufficient age will ever forget where they were and what they were doing the morning of September 11, 2001. |
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