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After years of sustained rate increases, 2025 offers a brighter outlook for commercial insurance buyers. We expect premiums to stabilize or rise modestly, varying by line of business and industry. Increased market competition...more
In a recent decision dismissing claims against a workers compensation insurer as time barred, a New York trial court briefly addressed the often perplexing issue of when a cause of action accrues for breach of insurance and...more
Applied Underwriters beat back an attempt by plaintiffs to certify a class in their lawsuit related to Applied Underwriters’ “EquityComp” and “SolutionOne” workers’ compensation programs. ...more
The filed-rate doctrine precluded recovery of deficiency assessments the Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) levied against employers which were alleged to have been wrongfully collected in 2013 and 2014 when...more
A New York Court vacated an arbitration award, finding that a party appointed arbitrator’s undisclosed relationships with the appointing party amounted to a relatively infrequent instance in which such nondisclosure...more
In a suit by an auto body company against a captive insurance company for rescission of certain workers compensation reinsurance participation agreements, for disgorgement of $70,000 paid thereunder, and for fraud, breach of...more
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana recently granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, finding that an excess workers’ compensation and employers’ liability policy was not reinsurance...more