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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The Paper Chase: Locating and Leveraging Value of Past Corporate Insurance Policies
When it comes to archiving information -- particularly documents relating to insurance -- even the best-managed companies often fall short. Rarely do companies organize their insurance policies by year, or by type of coverage. Rather than finding ...
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The Post Sarbanes-Oxley World
Jordan Eth, a Partner at Morrison Foerster, presented a discussion on securities enforcement and litigation, and focused particular attention on the top pitfalls for corporate clients in the area of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance that deals with requests ...
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The Principles Of Suretyship
In conjunction with a presentation in a construction course sponsored by the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, we authored a comprehensive article entitled "Principles of Suretyship." In order to emphasize the ...
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The Shot Heard ‘Round the World: The Produce Palace Litigation and the Coming Insurance Coverage Controversy
Originally printed in the Insurance SpecialistVol 2., Issue 6, 1997 In July of this year a Detroit grocer doing business as Produce Palace filed a lawsuit against the company from which it purchased a computer system to network its cash registers ...
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The Unreasonable Expansion of the Intra-Family Exception to Uninsured Motorist Insurance in Ohio
Article provided by Friedman, Domiano, & Smith, Co., L.P.A. Please visit our Web site. Ohio residents who get into car accidents may face enormous financial losses through no fault of their own. Changes to the state's insurance laws have put every ...
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The Unseen Danger for Motorcyclists
Article provided by Phillips & Lyon. Please visit our Web site at www.phillipsandlyon.com. With the costs of operating a car or truck growing, many people are now using a motorcycle as their primary means of transportation. But there are many risks ...
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The Veil of Tiers: Shareholder Lawsuits and Strategic Insurance Layers
Shareholder lawsuits are stressful for a number of reasons. They divert management attention from productive endeavors, cost millions to defend and present gargantuan damage exposures. Small wonder, then, that the first question asked by most ...
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The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998: General Questions and Answers
The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA) was signed into law on October 21, 1998. This federal law includes important new protections for individuals who elect breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy. WHCRA is subject ...
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The Year 2000 Computer Challenge to the Insurance Industry
Most computer systems in use today can only record dates in a two-digit format, i.e., 98 for 1998. This format is very common in older systems and software that were designed when computer memory was expensive, but it also exists in contemporary ...
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These Settlements are the Beginning
(Reprinted from the Houston Business Journal, February 11-17, 2005) The WorldCom settlement was recently torpedoed by the investment bank defendants in the case. The Judge agreed with their argument that the proposed settlement improperly limited a ...
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