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Kirk Hartley
May 21, 20151 min read
Useless Insurance – Why Do Risk Managers Buy These Policies?
An April 20, 2015 post at D&O Diary describes policy terms that essentially defeat the purpose of buying D&O coverage. One has to wonder...
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Kirk Hartley
May 5, 20151 min read
“State Farm Sued for Fraud for Katrina: More Altered Engineering Reports Alleged”
More and more policyholders are finding concrete examples of property insurers and their experts altering expert engineering reports in...
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Kirk Hartley
Feb 6, 20152 min read
A New and Valuable Conference at Rutgers – The American Law Institute’s Restatement of t
Rutger’s strikes again as to insurance issues. Online promotion is here, and pasted below for the February 27th conference. Agenda here....
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Kirk Hartley
Feb 5, 20151 min read
Insurance Companies, Rate Setting and the 1st Amendment
How far can go the 1st Amendment be taken? According to some insurance companies, they have a 1st Amendment right to charge rates that...
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Kirk Hartley
Jan 5, 20153 min read
More Insurer Fraud Identified in Super Storm Sandy Litigation – Major Hearing Ahead
An update on the apparent wave of fraud in Super Storm Sandy litigation by property insurers and their experts and lawyers. In short, the...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 15, 20141 min read
Health Insurer Failures in Explaining 2015 Plans – A Mass Mailing Of Incorrect Information 
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois continues to fail spectacularly. The latest example is from a BCBS email dated December 13, 2014. It...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 17, 20142 min read
Some Snowballs Grow: More on Sandy-Related Fraud by Insurance Defense Lawyers and Their Engineers
Too often in litigation, unfair things are happening, but it’s difficult to get one judge in one case to pay serious attention because...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 10, 20145 min read
Magistrate Judge Uncovers Tort System Fraud – by Insurance Company Lawyers and Professional En
Fraud, fraud, fraud. Some days one would think the “f” word is the only word known to some in the insurance industry, and some of their...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 27, 20141 min read
“Cosmetic” Damage is Compensable Damage Under Property Insurance Policies
“Cosmetic” damage is compensable damage under property insurance policies. For useful links and authorities, see this October 22, 2014...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 4, 20142 min read
Statements During Settlement Negotiations Can Be Used for Many Purposes – Insurance Companies
Rule 408 and analogous state law rules are intended to protect a good faith settlement offer from being used at trial to prove liability....
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 18, 20142 min read
Warren Buffet Companies Take Over Even More of the US Asbestos Risk – New Deal Takes on Libert
Developments continue for asbestos litigation – and insurance coverage for asbestos claims. Warren Buffet’s companies already have been...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 11, 20141 min read
Are “Bad Faith” Claims Against Insurers Assignable Under Pennsylvania Law?
The TortsProfBlog brings news that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide if “bad faith” claims are assignable. More specifics are...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 9, 20141 min read
Conflicts of Interest Between Insurer and Insured in Repetitive Product Liability Cases- A Pharma Ex
Pharma lawyers also have concerns about insurers creating conflicts of interest by mismanaging underlying pharma case that involve...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 27, 20142 min read
“Call for Papers – A Conference on The ALI’s Principles of the Law of Liability Insura
The point of this post is to spread the word about a call for papers on topics related to liability insurance and the ALI’s ongoing work...
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Kirk Hartley
Feb 8, 20141 min read
What Will Happen With London’s Infamous Solvent Schemes of Arrangement
A Business Insurance article by Sarah Veysey reports that news is expected "soon" on British regulation of solvent schemes of...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 18, 20131 min read
Poorly Done – The Blue Cross Blue Shield of illinois Health Insurance Web Site
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois web site for health insurance is poor in design and operation. Today it refuses to accept an...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 22, 20132 min read
Examples of Why Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is Hated By So Many
The dysfunctional nature of insurance companies never ceases to amaze. This month, tens (hundreds?) of thousands of 18 year olds are...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 9, 20132 min read
Another Mass Tort Bankruptcy – Railworld’s Subsidiary that Killed
After its runaway train train killed 47 people last month in Quebec, there’s been a Chapter 11 filing by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic...
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Kirk Hartley
May 6, 20131 min read
Underinsured and Risky – The Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
The West Fertilizer plant explosion in Texas killed 15, injured many more and destroyed or damaged dozens of adjoining buildings. Now,...
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Kirk Hartley
Feb 14, 20133 min read
Fragmentation of Insurance: A Conference from The Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility
Insurance can make anyone nuts. It’s both invaluable and maddening. Sheafs of paper with words written in phrases that only occasionally...
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