insurance claim settlement

• Attorney has Superior Claim to Insurance Settlement, Rules 5th Circuit

An attorney's fee claim with respect to a homeowner's insurance settlement was superior to the claim of the client's mortgage holder, the 5th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The attorney represented a Hurricane Katrina victim in a homeowner's insurance dispute under a 40 percent contingency fee agreement, and succeeded in obtaining a $34,500 settlement on the client's behalf.

• Lawyers USA
• October 19, 2010

• ORBCOMM Reaches Settlement on Satellite Insurance Claim.

FORT LEE, N.J. -- ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communicatio...

• Business Wire
• December 16, 2009

• Covista Communications, Inc. Announces Favorable Insurance Claim Settlement.

Business Editors CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2003 Covista Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CVST) today announced the Company success...

• Business Wire
• December 15, 2003

• Snider v. Nationwide Assur. Co., (Ohio 2009)

Medical payments; subrogation; tortfeasor; settlement; trust clause; breach of contract; bad faith; Jayne v. Wayne Mutual Ins. Co., 4th Dist. No. 04CA9, 2004-Ohio-6934; insured’s full settlement with tortfeasor extinguishes insurance claim.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Verdicts & Settlements April 9, 2012: Teen Resolves Claim On High- Speed Crash

A Lake St. Louis teenager has obtained a $55,000 settlement in a vehicle crash insurance claim. The plaintiff never filed a lawsuit; he settled the claim directly with the insurer.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• April 16, 2012

• Youbet.com Withdraws Its Reorganization Plan for American Wagering; Separately, Youbet Receives Positive Settlement of Insurance Claim.

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. & LAS VEGAS & RENO, Nev. -- Youbet.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBET), a leading online wagering company and the largest provider of Inter...

• Business Wire
• January 14, 2005

• Weighing Every Word

While it appears that the demand for the infamous ISO additional insured endorsement has subsided, some insurers may still issue it, so producers need to watch for that to avoid problems. What the ISO 2004 endorsements say, in a nutshell, is that no coverage is intended for the sole fault of the additional insured. The 2004 ISO endorsements are worded so that before coverage applies to the additional insured, liability for injury or damage must first be caused in whole or in part by the named insured's acts, or the acts or omissions of those acting on the named insured's behalf. Fortunately, a case has just been decided, dealing with this endorsement language, which helps to make clear the "in whole or in part" requirement for coverage. It is Judith A. Schafer at al v. Paragano Custom B...

... of additional insured status and insurance certificates have become, producers must keep pace...Ultimately, the parties negotiated a settlement of the plaintiff's damages claim but still preserv...

• Rough Notes
• Vol. 153 Nbr. 4, April 2010

• Philips International Announces Settlement of Insurance Claim; Board Declares $0.10 Per Share Liquidating Distribution.

NEW YORK -- Philips International Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust, announced today that its Board of Directors had authorized a settlemen...

• Business Wire
• December 17, 2004

• Half Moon Bay Mayor and ABAG Announce Settlement of Beachwood Litigation Insurance Claim.

Payment will Reimburse City for 10 Years of Litigation Expenses HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Half Moon Bay Mayor Bonnie McClung and the risk sharing poo...

• Business Wire
• June 13, 2008

• Stewart Pays $1 Million in Settlement of $46 Million Claim of the California Department of Insurance.

HOUSTON -- Stewart Title Guaranty Co. (Stewart) announces that it has settled a claim of $46,700,525 for $1,000,400 in an administrative proceeding fi...

• Business Wire
• August 29, 2007