There appears to be bipartisan support for reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, at least from statements made by two senators at a hearing, entitled “The Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program,” before a Senate committee on Tuesday.

The First Circuit has ruled that an insurer must defend a private energy company serving customers in Maine against a lawsuit alleging that the company had engaged in misconduct that resulted in customers receiving higher bills than expected.

An appellate court in New Jersey has ruled that displaced homeowners may seek damages for “inconvenience.”

Two women from Chicago, Illinois, have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs of $1.7 million by falsely billing for services on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis for over seven years.

A Maryland jury has awarded $500,000 in underinsured motorist benefits to a woman injured in an automobile accident.

The Ninth Circuit has ruled that a woman who operated a home day care center was not entitled to coverage under her renters insurance policy for a lawsuit alleging that her negligent supervision had proximately caused the sexual assault of a child.

A federal district court in Florida has denied a flood insurer's motion to dismiss an insured's request for attorneys' fees and costs under a standard flood insurance policy.

A Florida court has ruled that an insured's public adjuster could not act as its appraiser where the adjuster had a financial interest in the amount the insured recovered from its insurer.