Law and legal issues

Department of Labor announced a settlement with Unum Life Insurance and four insurers sue Norfolk Southern, plus more legal news.

There was an increase in cases involving business liability, business interruptions and non-hurricane homeowners policies, according to LexisNexis company, Lex Machina

Insurance associations sue U.S. DOL and other legal news.

A decision backing the surviving shareholder in a family business could have carried major tax implications to succession plans. Instead, SCOTUS backed the IRS.

Trends in liability claims litigation, according to a Sedgwick report.

Laws against inducements and referral fees are among the obstacles for carriers looking to distribute coverage by embedding it in other channels.

Globe Life; AAA; and more law and legal news out of Maryland and Florida.

Telematics data class action; NHTSA grants for state crash data collection and more legal news.

A legal action accuses the department of not automatically refunding mortgage insurance premiums when a borrower terminates their FHA-insured mortgage early.

The organization of state regulators' Principles Based Bond Project is a response to the industry's shift away from stable Treasury bonds and toward more complex securities.