Insurance
This is FindLaw’s collection of Insurance articles, part of the Corporate Governance section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Click on the articles below to learn about defense perspectives in bad faith claims and steps to take if you are the victim of an auto accident. Every year thousands of automobile accidents cause severe personal injuries and/or property damage. By acting promptly and responsibly, you can protect yourself and your family against lost wages and overwhelming medical bills. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Primer on Insurance Law
Many insurance companies issue policies written in archaic terms with little or no apparent organization. Most people avoid reading insurance policies until faced with a claim. Even the recent trend toward "plain language" insurance policies has ...
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Principles Of Advertising Injury Coverage
Standard Commercial General Liability ("CGL") policy forms provide coverage for advertising injury liability. Advertising injury is typically defined to comprise certain offenses, such as defamation, invasion of privacy, "misappropriation of ...
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Products Liability Update: Two California Supreme Court Decisions in Favor of Insurers
In Foster-Gardner, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 18 Cal. 4th 857 (1998), the California Supreme Court held that an administrative order notifying a policyholder that it was a responsible party for environmental contamination requiring ...
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Professional Liability Insurance: Liability For Bad Faith Refusal To Settle
Owen B. Evans, M.D. was sued in a separate wrongful death action in Mobile County after an eighteen-year-old girl hemorrhaged and died following an abortion Evans performed on her. Evans forwarded the lawsuit to Mutual Assurance, Inc., his ...
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Property Damage Claims Q & A
If your vehicle has been damaged in an accident that was caused by someone else's negligence,YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO LOOK TO THAT PERSON'S INSURANCE COMPANY FOR COMPENSATION. The following are answers to some of the common questions people have about ...
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Proposition 213: Failure to Carry Out Auto Insurance
Historically, the innocent victim of an automobile accident was entitled to collect money damages from the negligent driver's insurance company. Money damages fall into two (2) separate categories, Usually, non-economic damages are the biggest part ...
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Protect Yourself And Others With Adequate Auto Insurance
You are no doubt aware that Connecticut law requires that all motor vehicle operators in the State of Connecticut carry automobile insurance. This law is intended to protect those who are injured in motor vehicle accidents as well as those who ...
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Protecting Your Investment From Within
Statistics have shown that thefts by employees from their employers account for losses of approximately $40 Billion a year. That number is staggering when you consider that it is larger than the Gross National Product of some Third World Nations. No ...
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Provider-Based Status: Proposed Rules Require Advance Determination
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) proposed rules on Sept. 8 for the payment of hospital outpatient services on a prospective payment system (the Proposed Rules). The Proposed Rules, when adopted, will implement a number of provisions ...
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Public Adjustors: Loss Payees or Assignees: An Analysis of Their Right to Recover Bad Faith Damages Against an Insurer
CONCLUSIONBack The terms of most property policies provide, inter alia, that in the event of loss, the insured must see that the following duties are performed: a. prepare an inventory of damaged or stolen personal property. Show in detail the ...
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