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The practice of paying different rates based on gender for the same insurance is called gender rating. Effective January 1, 2010, health insurance companies and HMO’s writing insurance in California will… According to National Underwriter, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is making it easier for employers with 2 to 9 employees to offer disability insurance benefits. It says it now… Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. ___, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009), the 5-month-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that has made federal pleadings standards much more stringent, will get a Capitol… Robert J. McKennon, a partner in the law firm of McKennon Schlinder LLP co-chaired the American Conference Institute’s Forum on Litigating Disability and ERISA Claims. This event was held on… Following the passage of Proposition 64 on November 2, 2004, in order to bring a representative claim under the unfair competition law (“UCL”), a plaintiff must meet the following standing… Several insurers who act as broker-dealers in connection with the sale of “securities” find themselves litigating in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) (formerly NASD) arbitrations when disputes arise. Sometimes, they prefer… In Amer. States Ins. v. Progressive Casualty Ins., 180 Cal. App. 4th 18 (2009), the California Court of Appeal addressed the “peculiar risk” doctrine in the context of an insurer’s… The Obama Administration is proposing the formation of a new office within the Treasury Department that would oversee the insurance industry. This announcement comes in the wake of statements from…No More Gender Rating in California
Guardian to Offer Guaranteed-Issue Small Group Disability Income Insurance
The U.S Supreme Court’s Iqbal Opinion to Get Congressional Airing
Robert J. McKennon Co-Chairs ACI’s Forum on Litigating Disability and ERISA Claims
California Supreme Court Holds that Only the Class Representative Needs to Meet the Standing Requirements of Proposition 64 to Pursue a Representative Action
Dispute Between Securities’ Brokers Not Subject to FINRA Arbitration
Duty to Defend Triggered by the Peculiar Risk Doctrine
President Proposes National Insurance Office
