The New York State Department of Financial Services has entered into a consent order with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company under which the insurer will pay a penalty of $19,750,000 to settle allegations that it violated New York Insurance Law by failing to properly locate and pay benefits to thousands of New York insureds and beneficiaries.

The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that an insurance policy issued to the minority owners in the Deepwater Horizon operation did not limit their right…

A jury in California has ruled that a hospital was not liable for injuries allegedly suffered by a visitor who said he slipped on soda that had been spilled…

PG&E Corporation has announced that it is preparing to enter Chapter 11 with its regulated utility subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “Utility”),…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that exclusions in a commercial general liability insurance…

An appellate court in Georgia has affirmed a trial court’s decision offsetting the amount an insurer had paid before trial for the insured’s…

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has ruled that an auto insurer did not have to defend a woman who allegedly drove an insured car without permission…

An appellate court in New Jersey has affirmed a trial court’s decision barring a physician’s testimony on behalf of an insured at his trial…