‘Litigation Harvesting’: The Rise and Fall of McClenny Moseley
In December 2022, before much was known about how Houston's McClenny Moseley & Associates could set up shop in New Orleans—and sign up thousands of Louisiana ...
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Details of Calif. Wildfire Plan Sketchy, but a Useful Marketing Tool for Data Vendors
A proposal by California's insurance regulator to require insurers to write more policies in areas at risk of wildfires is more a promise than a plan, but the ...
Bad-Faith Payouts Are Penalties, Not Insurance Benefits, Florida Supreme Court Says
Randy Willoughby's lawyers turned a $10,000 uninsured motorist policy into a $4 million bad-faith settlement with his auto insurer. Then they won a $30 million jury ...
Fla. Insurers Imposing New Limits on Amounts Spent to Match Appearance; Kentucky Clarifies Law
Matching requirements for roofs and interior furnishings have been a tough issue in the property insurance industry for years. Recent developments show how insurers and ...
Ransomware Criminals Aim at Third-Party Vendors in Hunt for ‘Big Game’
Ransomware victims have become less likely to pay extortion demands, but cyber criminals are changing their tactics by hitting third-party vendors and using data exfiltration instead of encryption ...
WCRI: 6% of COVID Claimants Treated for Long COVID
A national study by the Workers' Compensation Research Institute found that 6 percent of workers who filed claims for COVID-19 suffered long COVID, meaning they sought ...
Social Media Investigations: A Winning Strategy for Insurers
GARDEN GROVE, California—If you're a plaintiff in an injury lawsuit against your insurer, you might want to ask your wife not to post videos online of you frolicking in a swimming pool. An ...
Claims Pros Warned About Confirmation Bias and Inflated Line Items
GARDEN GROVE, California—The charred remains of a dog found among the ruins of a house that was destroyed in a sudden fire added an air of legitimacy to the insurance claim. For sure, homeowners ...
Litigation Finance: Dangerous Game? Or Promoting Ethical Behavior?
In insurance defense attorney Dennis Kass' world, litigation financing firms lurk behind the scenes, pushing plaintiffs to undergo as much treatment as possible so lawyers can maximize the value of ...
Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police
An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department ...