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Insurance Insights for the Cold, Dark Winter Nights

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Welcome to the latest issue of Insurance Insights, a gathering of notable legal developments and trends relevant to the insurance industry. In this issue, fires alter the landscape of California insurance, an expert’s...more

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Insurance Insights for the Dog Days of August

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Insurance Insights, a gathering of notable legal developments and trends relevant to the insurance industry. In this issue, the California Supreme Court covers COVID-19 claims, Georgia...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Latest McHugh Battleground: Class Certification

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We are writing with a further litigation update on the potential after-effects of the California Supreme Court’s pivotal decision in McHugh v. Protective Life Insurance Company.1 That decision addressed the breadth of the...more

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Class Certification Denied in Portion of COI Case Based on Argument that the Policies are STOLI

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently issued a decision denying class certification to sub-classes in a cost of insurance (“COI”) class action based upon the insurer’s defense that...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SDNY Rules on Class Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification in AXA COI Litigation

On August 13, 2020, in the putative class action challenging AXA’s COI rate increase on Athena Universal Life II (“AUL II”) policies, Judge Jesse M. Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New...more

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Class Certification Denied in Universal Life “Risk Rates” Litigation

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Individualized defenses and choice-of-law issues played a key role in preventing class certification in a recent challenge to a life insurer’s discretion to adjust its “risk rates” on universal life (UL) insurance policies....more

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Louisiana Appeals Court Affirms Class Certification in Lingering Litigation Against Department of Insurance

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A Louisiana appeals court recently affirmed class certification in consolidated lawsuits, pending since 1991, against Louisiana’s Department of Insurance, other related state entities, and the state’s excess insurance...more

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Ontario Court of Appeal Certifies Class Action Against Sun Life

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On September 5, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Fehr v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, overturning certain parts of the motion judge’s decision and certifying a class action against Sun Life...more

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