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A Washington court has ruled that an exclusion in an underinsured motorist insurance policy for "diminished value" resulting from physical damage to a vehicle was void, but that an exclusion for loss of use was not.
A Washington court has ruled that "pedestrian" did not include a bicyclist and, therefore, has denied a bicyclist's claim for personal injury protection benefits under his auto insurance policy.
A California court has ordered an insured to pay more than $20,000 to his homeowners' insurance company after submitting a claim but failing to make his property available for inspection.
Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner and labor and industry secretary have reached agreements intended to lessen the chances of errors in the filing of loss costs, which help determine the rates businesses pay for workers' compensation insurance.
Licensed dentist and licensed insurance agent Milagros Macaraig, of Marina del Rey, California, has been charged with identity theft after allegedly using patient information to apply for life insurance policies without the patients' knowledge.
A Texas court has ruled that an insurer did not have to pay a contingency fee to a plaintiff's attorney based on the amount the insurer paid to a hospital that provided care for his client.
The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled that a settlement agreement between an injured insured and her underinsured motorist insurer did not entitle the tortfeasor to a statutory reduction of the jury verdict the insured obtained against her.
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