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PHL Variable Insurance Company (PHL) and its subsidiaries, Concord Re, Inc. and Palisado Re, Inc., have been placed into rehabilitation as of May 20, by order of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, Judicial...more
In In re Rehabilitation of Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc., C.A. No. 2019-0175-JTL (Del. Ch. Apr.18, 2022), the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled, as a matter of first impression, that in a delinquency proceeding for an insurance...more
In recent weeks, two insurers with significant legacies of occurrence-based general liability coverage took important steps to liquidate their estates. Bedivere Insurance Company (OneBeacon) Liquidation - The first...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (HHS) operates the reinsurance and risk-adjustments program for Colorado, including the application of the “netting rule” — a method...more
We previously posted on the trial court’s ruling addressing the statute of limitations in this case on June 23, 2016. By way of background, the underlying contract between the insurer and the reinsurer required the insurer to...more
The New Hampshire liquidation court approved the commutation, settlement, and release agreement between The Home Insurance Company (liquidating) and OIC Run-Off Limited (formerly known as The Orion Insurance Company) (OIC)...more
The court handling the liquidation of Reliance Insurance Company has approved an application for the direct payment of reinsurance proceeds by United Insurance Company to Reliance’s insured, Hoechst Celanese Corporation, with...more
Freestone Insurance Company is a Delaware-domiciled insurer that has been placed in liquidation. U.S. Bank National Association served as the trustee under a reinsurance trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) between...more
A federal district court in New Hampshire has held that a service of suit clause contained in reinsurance contracts waives the reinsurers’ rights to remove a litigation brought against them in state court by the Insurance...more
The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled in In Re Ambassador Ins. Co., 2015 VT 4 (Vt. Jan. 23, 2015) that the liquidator of Ambassador Insurance acted unreasonably in setting a December 31, 2013 bar date for policyholder claims...more