Insurance Law

A Massachusetts appeals court ruled on January 30 that a reinsurer retains the right to claim trust fund reimbursement even after a self-insured employer enters bankruptcy

Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Charles Bassett as the next director of the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI), selecting a veteran public policy attorney to lead the state’s insurance and financial oversight

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 bn settlement of sex abuse claims, shutting down an effort by a group of survivors

New York Supreme Court dismissed a $410 mn fine-art insurance lawsuit, finding collectors failed to prove material fire-related damage to high-value paintings

SDNY ruled an excess policy must respond to a Manhattan apartment fire, striking a residential exclusion as illusory and driven by mutual mistake

Florida federal judge handed a Pembroke Pines insurance broker a nearly three-year prison term and ordered millions in restitution after finding he led a scheme

North Carolina’s insurance commissioner says the White House hasn’t responded, three weeks after he urged the president to reject a pardon for Greg Lindberg

A new package of preliminary legislative proposals from the Oklahoma Insurance Department has drawn sharp criticism for sidestepping soaring homeowners insurance

Ohio appeals court reversed a summary judgment that had stopped a juvenile corrections officer from seeking added allowances in a workers’ compensation case

Supreme Court of Kentucky has sided with Westport Insurance in a high-stakes coverage dispute tied to a wrongful conviction, holding that occurrence-based law enforcement liability policies

Michigan’s Supreme Court declines review of a ruling denying indemnity benefits to undocumented workers who used false documents to get jobs

Iowa and eight other states ask a federal appeals court to toss a lawsuit challenging Lockheed Martin’s $4.9 bn pension transfer to Athene

An Arizona judge considers whether discrimination claims against Centene must shift from court to arbitration under provider contracts

Florida lawmakers reintroduce a bill letting private flood coverage count toward NFIP pricing status, aiming to boost choice without premium shocks

Illinois passes a law reshaping behavioral health reimbursements, setting payment formulas and cutting insurer rules for 2.5 mn residents

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals allowed a worker’s deliberate intent claim against a supervisor to proceed while upholding dismissal for the employer

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted the US Department of Labor’s move to walk away from its own appeal and leave the stay on the Biden-era fiduciary rule untouched

Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer laid out a sharp set of 2026 priorities that zero in on three pressure points: restitution authority, post-loss assignment-of-benefits bans

The Louisiana Department of Insurance rolled out its first Insurance Pop-Up this week, dropping a temporary office into Lake Charles so residents could sit down with regulators

Louisiana rolls out new unemployment insurance rules after lawmakers signed off during the 2025 Regular Session, and the shift lands squarely on claimants’ weekly routines

Michigan’s Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) claims the state’s 2019 auto no-fault law cut rates and reduced the number of uninsured drivers

The Hague Court of Appeal has closed the door on further prosecution of former ING chief executive Ralph Hamers, ending a long-running fight over the bank’s earlier

Georgia’s Court of Appeals says the stabbing of a Dunkin’ cashier by an angry customer sits squarely inside the state’s workers compensation system, not the tort courts