https://www.law360.com/insurance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Insurance Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 21:12:23 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481751?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481751 A company and its insurer have accused China Construction Bank Corp. of issuing fraudulent letters of credit valued at nearly $10 million, claiming in Illinois federal court that the country's largest bank has refused to honor reinsurance agreements the parties signed. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:36:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481762 A North Carolina man who claimed through a guardian that he was coerced as a teen into falsely confessing to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl has agreed to a $10 million deal with the state and county law enforcement, in which insurers will foot most of the bill. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:25:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481845?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481845 Tanger Outlets urged the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss its insurers' appeal of a decision allowing the retail outlet chain's suit seeking more than $50 million in pandemic-related coverage to proceed, saying the justices do not have jurisdiction to hear the dispute. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:50:50 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481365?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481365 The Supreme Court of North Carolina has largely revived an insurance company's lawsuit against employees who left for a rival, directing a lower court to better clarify how an adverse inference regarding a "remarkable" spoliation of evidence should impact the renewed trade secret and breach of contract claims. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:23:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481684 The Eleventh Circuit said it does not have jurisdiction to hear an insurer's appeal of a Georgia federal court decision tossing its claim that the company has no duty to defend an Atlanta-area hotel against a sex trafficking suit. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481799 A federal judge has sided with a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. unit in a coverage dispute over a Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act class action, finding that an alleged failure to disclose salary ranges in job postings does not qualify as discrimination under the restaurant operator's employment practices liability insurance policy. Tue, 26 May 2026 12:46:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481895?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481895 Billionaire insurance magnate Greg Lindberg was sentenced Tuesday in a Charlotte federal courthouse to 12 years in federal prison in connection with two separate criminal cases for public corruption and financial fraud. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Fri, 22 May 2026 23:10:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481232?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481232 Aon Corp. was hit Friday with retirement plan mismanagement claims by a group of current and former participants who say fiduciaries' failure to remove underperforming Vanguard funds as investment options has cost their plan more than $120 million in assets. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:45:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481199 Two Louisiana law firms and a group of politically connected attorneys engaged in a "shakedown" to steal about 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, alleged a RICO suit filed Thursday in Houston federal court. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:08:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481124?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481124 A former CEO who was previously incarcerated with embattled insurance mogul Greg Lindberg told a North Carolina federal judge of the billionaire's "humanity" and "generosity" in a character letter to the court ahead of his sentencing on federal wire fraud and bribery charges. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:53:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481360?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481360 A group of Illinois car dealerships are not eligible for insurance coverage in connection with a proposed class action alleging their use of an employee fingerprint scanner violated state privacy law, according to an insurer's complaint in Illinois federal court. Fri, 22 May 2026 19:40:05 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481375?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481375 Corewell Health and debt collector DCM Services LLC tried to collect millions of dollars in medical bills that plaintiffs said were already paid through insurance and government programs, according to a proposed class action filed in Michigan federal court Friday.  Fri, 22 May 2026 18:32:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481215?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481215 A Texas-based company which manufactures complex filtration systems told a Colorado state court that the Denver Zoological Foundation Inc., a contractor and an insurer owe just over $250,000, according to the complaint. Fri, 22 May 2026 17:54:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481170 Pennsylvania's attorney general announced Friday a deal with Geico aimed at strengthening consumer protections by preventing unfair or confusing auto policy cancellations due to the use of artificial intelligence. Fri, 22 May 2026 14:48:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481186?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2481186 A Liberty Mutual unit wrongfully denied an Ohio property owner's claim for coverage for a building that burned down during renovation, the Sixth Circuit ruled, finding the policy's requirement to erect a fence around a construction site unenforceable. Fri, 22 May 2026 14:13:12 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480557?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480557 A former producer at the insurance brokerage giant USI has breached his employment agreement by siphoning clients for his own competing company, according to a federal contract suit filed in Connecticut. Fri, 22 May 2026 11:33:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480969 The past week in London has seen Napster sued by a music royalties company, White & Case LLP and Laytons LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer, a short-term lender pursue legal action against law firm Rainer Hughes and its former founding partner following his strike-off for money laundering offenses, and the administrators of London Bridging sue the founder of collapsed Market Financial Solutions. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. Fri, 22 May 2026 10:02:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480812?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480812 Insurers reported an increase in the frequency of legal malpractice claims for the first time in several years amid concerns over issues like the uncontrolled use of artificial intelligence, according to this year's legal professional liability insurance survey by EPIC Law Firm Group. Thu, 21 May 2026 21:11:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480608?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/2480608 A North Carolina federal judge found that a life sciences company's insurer can't avoid counterclaims brought by a former patent holder asserting that the carrier must cover a $1.77 million judgment entered against the company's executives after they were accused of making misrepresentations about taking the company public.