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Premiums Refunds

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Tide Shifts in California Covid Premium Refund Cases

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown orders, policyholders were driving less and insurance company severities and loss ratios were reduced. This resulted in a temporary increase in insurance company profits....more

McDermott Will & Emery

California Expands on Premium Relief Obligations

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On March 11, 2021, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara expanded his prior orders regarding premium relief for any line of insurance in California where the measures of risk have become substantially overstated as a...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Shelter-In-Place Orders Spur Regulator Calls for Policyholder Refunds

As COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders keep businesses closed and drivers off the road, the risk of loss normally associated with driving or operating a business has decreased. As a result, personal lines auto insurers have...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Insurance Commissioner Orders Premium Returns Due to COVID-19

- California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued Bulletin 2020-3 requiring insurers to refund premiums to policyholders of several lines of insurance, including automobile insurance, workers compensation and property...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

California Orders Premium Refunds on Policies Exposed to Reduced Risk of Loss Due to COVID-19 Pandemic and Calls for Coverage...

We review two significant actions recently taken by the California Department of Insurance (the "Department") in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

UPDATE: Is Your Workers’ Compensation Program Unlawful?

Under a ruling this week from the California Insurance Commissioner, your company may be insured under an unenforceable workers’ compensation program. You may also be entitled to a refund of premiums paid to California...more

Sands Anderson PC

And the Defense Wins

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In Banner Life Insurance Co. v. Jacqueline L. Noel, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 1539 (4th Cir. 2013), aff’g 861 F. Supp. 2d 701 (E.D. Va. 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed the district court’s...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Premium Refund Theory in Insurance Class Action Rejected By Michigan Federal District Court

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One theory that has been raised by plaintiffs’ lawyers in some insurance class actions is that policyholders should receive a partial refund of their premiums because they are not receiving the coverage they paid for, or...more

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