The Supreme Court of Missouri has ruled that a woman's daughter was not entitled to underinsured motorist benefits under two of the mother's auto insurance policies because she did not meet the policies' definition of “insured.”

A federal district court in California has ruled that a woman was not covered by her fiancé's auto insurance policy where she was not a named insured but only listed as an additional driver.

A Georgia appellate court has ruled that an insurer breached its insurance policy when it failed to defend the whole lawsuit filed against its insured where certain claims against the insured were covered, and that it should have filed a declaratory judgment action after the insured refused to accept a defense under a reservation of rights.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled that stranger-originated life insurance policies are against public policy and are void ab initio.

The Colorado Division of Insurance has alerted consumers in the state to what it characterized as “the risks of health care sharing programs or ministries.”

The Supreme Court of Colorado has ruled that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on the government imposition of “excessive fines” applies to fines levied on corporations by the Division of Workers' Compensation.

The Fifth Circuit has issued a decision that highlights a circuit court split on the application of 42 U.S.C. § 4072 (providing for “original exclusive jurisdiction” in federal district court) to a lawsuit against a write-your-own insurance carrier.

The New York State Department of Financial Services has issued a final regulation requiring New York commercial health insurance policies to cover maternal depression screenings.