The Fifth Circuit has ruled that the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards preempted a Louisiana law prohibiting arbitration agreements in insurance contracts covering property located in the state, notwithstanding a “conformity to statute” provision in the policy.

A federal district court in Florida, relying on the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, has dismissed an insurance coverage suit brought against Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, and compelled the parties to arbitrate their dispute.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019, again temporarily extending the authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, this time to September 30, 2019.

The Third Circuit has rejected an appeal by an insured under a standard flood insurance policy where the insured failed to timely submit a “signed and sworn” proof of loss.

A Florida court has dismissed a claim by an insured under a standard flood insurance policy for its attorneys' fees, finding that the insurer that had issued the policy was not an agency of the United States. But the court also found that the insured could not recover pre-judgment interest on its claim because of sovereign immunity.

Georgia's insurance commissioner, Jim C. Beck, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering.

A New York City jury has rejected a lawsuit alleging negligence against a cabdriver.

An appellate court in Minnesota, relying on stare decisis, has rejected an insurance company's efforts to overturn a nearly 30-year-old precedent despite recognizing that the ruling placed the insurer in a “Catch-22 paradox.”