A California man was arrested Wednesday and accused of defrauding a bank of nearly $100 million by manipulating title policies to falsely indicate who held the first-lien position on certain loans and to make ... (more story)

The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

A Progressive insurer said it doesn't owe coverage to a trucking company accused of wrongfully double-brokering an Amazon load that was later involved in a crash, telling a New Mexico federal court Friday that... (more story)

An equipment rental company is on the hook for $2.8 million in damage to a Washington school after a heater pumped soot and fuel residue into the building's ductwork, an insurer and the school operators said i... (more story)

An AIG unit agreed to toss its dispute over coverage for a $6 million agreement and stipulated judgment between a stucco subcontractor and the owner of an apartment construction project in Arizona, according t... (more story)

A real estate acquisition company told a Michigan federal court Thursday that its title insurer owes nearly $6.4 million for a deal that resolved a dispute over ownership of property along the Detroit River wh... (more story)

Insurers must plead defenses “as soon as practicable” in litigation between an insured and uninsured motorist. A Texas company can't pursue $40 million in coverage for an oil spill spat. A Chubb insurer must d... (more story)

An insurer said it shouldn't have to pay out an electronic cigarette product wholesaler's $5 million claim for a warehouse fire, telling an Illinois federal court that the company misrepresented important fact... (more story)

A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday largely kept intact three insurers' lawsuit seeking reimbursement for payouts to residents of homes damaged after 2021 flooding, finding the city of Detroit and the Great La... (more story)

The Eleventh Circuit revived a Florida railroad company's insurance dispute over coverage for $5.6 million in costs to avoid Hurricane Irma damage, ruling claimed expenses for preventative maintenance exceeded... (more story)

Two CNA Financial units and a natural gas utility company have agreed to settle a coverage dispute over underlying litigation stemming from a July 2021 explosion, according to a notice filed in Louisiana feder... (more story)

A North Carolina law firm on Wednesday agreed to drop a suit claiming that its insurer wrongfully denied coverage for business income losses stemming from Hurricane Helene, according to a federal court filing.

An environmental contractor that lost a contract with a key client after a worker's death resulted in the shutdown of the customer's facility told a Tennessee federal court that its insurer has wrongfully deni... (more story)

Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP has been sued in Georgia state court by an insurance company alleging the firm's mishandling of a motorcycle crash case cost the insurer nearly $11 million.

An insurer asked a North Carolina federal court to determine the rightful beneficiary of a murdered woman's remaining $100,000 in life and accidental death benefits, saying it is exposed to competing claims by... (more story)

An excess insurer has said it should be reimbursed for the $5 million it paid toward a concrete company's settlement after the company knowingly supplied the wrong concrete mix for a California highway constru... (more story)

Insurance companies have alleged in a new federal complaint that a New York law firm coordinated a racketeering and fraud scheme with medical providers to manufacture and inflate personal injury litigation and... (more story)

Several cities and groups representing doctors and small businesses urged a Maryland federal court to strike down recently finalized Affordable Care Act marketplace reforms, arguing they will strain community ... (more story)

A California federal judge refused to allow Navigators Specialty Insurance Co. to file a reconsideration motion for a prior ruling that dismissed the insurer's claims in its coverage suit against a client comp... (more story)

A Fifth Circuit panel on Tuesday affirmed a decision finding that ChampionX Corp. lacked the contractual standing to sue insurers for coverage of a $40 million oil spill lawsuit involving one of its subsidiari... (more story)

A New York federal judge said an insurer does not have to defend or indemnify a nursing and rehabilitation facility in a hospital's lawsuit seeking to recover $1.6 million in medical expenses for a former work... (more story)

An insurance broker has urged a Massachusetts federal court to deny Harvard University's summary judgment bid in a dispute over legal fees the university expended in litigation that upended affirmative action,... (more story)

A Hartford unit doesn't owe coverage to a drug testing company accused of reporting false positive drug tests due to substandard quality control, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, saying the suit is related to... (more story)

A medical professional liability insurer will pay its $1 million policy limit toward a $13 million verdict against a Washington state doctor in a botched cosmetic surgery case, a federal judge has ruled.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's call for coverage of any multiplied damages in a $581 million False Claims Act settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice grabbed the attention of policyholder attorneys, wh... (more story)

The frequency and severity of claims made under policies for mergers and acquisitions have risen in recent years, with Aon's North American clients recovering a record-breaking $1 billion across transactional ... (more story)

A Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday partially revived a Washington couple's claims accusing Integon Preferred Insurance Co. of flouting its duty to defend them from a lawsuit over a 2017 pedestrian collision, revers... (more story)

Emory University said its insurer must cover $1.2 million in defense costs and costs incurred to settle a proposed class action over the school's switch to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, telling... (more story)

An Argo Group unit told a Virginia federal court it isn't on the hook for two suits alleging a provider of therapeutic services for children and adolescents cheated Medicaid out of millions of dollars and tran... (more story)

A recent California mortgage fraud case dubbed "Operation Hard Money" shows synthetic identities are increasingly key to mortgage and money laundering schemes, so lenders would be wise to integrate verificatio... (more story)