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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Car Insurance Critical for Railroad Employees Injured on the Job

Railroad employees are often transported by vans or taxi cabs hired by the railroad, or asked to drive their personal vehicles for railroad business. In both circumstances, you as a railroad worker may unknowingly be putting yourself at great risk ...
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Check Your Auto Insurance

Driving with inadequate automobile insurance is extremely risky. In California for example, a state with an estimated 20.2 million drivers, approximately 5.1 million of these people do not have automobile insurance. That's right, a whopping 25% of ...
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Checklist of Documents Required from Associations in Litigation

When an association enters into any form of litigation, whether with a homeowner, a builder or contractor, the association's attorney will turn to the manager. Managers often get the call from litigation counsel, "we need all of the association ...
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City of Littleton, Wallis, and Insurance For Multi-Year Liability Claims

(Reprinted with permission of The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 29, No. 2, February, 2000) Recently the Colorado Supreme Court decided two important cases arising in the environmental insurance coverage context. The decisions are expected to have a major ...
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Claims of Failure To Pay By Reinsurers Held Not Arbitrable

In a January 20, 1998 decision of first impression in Missouri, the state Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed a lower court ruling denying a Reinsurer's motion to compel arbitration because of the presence of a service-of-suit clause ...
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Common Homeowners’ and Business Liability Insurance Issues in Illinois

A variety of injuries are covered by homeowners’ and business liability insurance. For instance, dog bites, slip and fall accidents, and or most any kind of general negligence is likely to be covered under a homeowner’s insurance policy. If ...
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Companies Bound by State’s Fair Claims Laws: Physicians Benefit by Understanding Illinois Insurance Code

Just as Illinois law in personal injury accident cases binds physicians and attorneys, insurance companies are also subject to stringent code governing their behavior.The Illinois Insurance Code, Section 5/154.6, maps out acts by insurance companies ...
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Comparative Bad Faith

ConclusionBack Inherent in every policy of insurance is an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing between the parties to the contract. Although the duty of good faith is a "two-way street," it is often argued, and perhaps more often true than ...
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Compass Insurance Co. v. City of Littleton: Colorado Supreme Court Adopts Second Discharge Analysis in Finding Insurance for City Environmental Liabilities

INTRODUCTION For a period of several years in the late 1970's, the Cities of Littleton and Englewood jointly operated a wastewater treatment plant. The residue from treating wastewater at their plant was classified as domestic sewage sludge ...
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Compliance Programs to Detect and Prevent Crime: Amended Federal Sentencing Guidelines

The United States Sentencing Commission1 has recently submitted to Congress extensive amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines applicable to organizations, expanding what is meant by an "effective compliance program" to prevent and detect ...
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