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Insurers’ use of artificial intelligence is under increasing scrutiny from regulators and consumers. California, Colorado, and New York (and several other states) have already issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence by insurers. Additionally, some states have adopted their own versions...
NEW YORK (September 17, 2024) – Marshall Dworkin, an experienced litigator, has become counsel in Saul Ewing’s New York office, joining former colleagues James Chou and Peter Zlotnick. Mr. Dworkin is a litigator with substantial experience representing clients in commercial, insurance and...
This month’s Friday Five discusses cases addressing the effect of continuing to receive benefits during the period of alleged disability, reliance on an employer’s records in making a disability determination, the admissibility of expert and lay testimony from a physician in a trial over LTD...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, today announced that attorneys from the firm were named to the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Baltimore Attorneys from the firm’s...
NEW YORK (AUG. 6, 2024) – William Latza, a go-to attorney in New York’s legal and regulatory market for insurance, is the newest member of Saul Ewing’s Insurance Practice. In joining the firm, he brings clients his insight from his four decades of experience in private practice for the insurance...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between the scope of discovery and ability to add documents to the record on a claim for review challenging the denial of LTD benefits, LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims...
Pennsylvania recently enacted two new insurance laws that significantly expand the permissible kinds of value-added products and services that may be provided by insurance licensees in general and the fees that may be charged by surplus lines licensees to an insured in a personal lines policy...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions addressing the burden of proving accidental death, policy language and “any occupation” disability, an interpleader case where the insurer was not dismissed from the case, the weight to be afforded to non-treating expert opinions and SSDI determinations...
This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions with issues spanning physician power of attorney to preexisting exclusions and the fiduciary duty of an insurance company. The Saul Ewing Employee Benefits/ERISA Litigation Team Whether a provider has sufficiently pleaded the existence of a valid...
Matthew Antonelli, Partner at Saul Ewing, along with Yann Barbarroux, CEO & Co-Founder of Otonomi, will speak on topics around supply chain disruption and how emerging insurance solutions can help mitigate cargo risks, on Wednesday, May 8 beginning at 5:00 p.m., followed by networking after the talk...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims administrators and the always important topic of timely action by insurers in issuing claims decisions. The Saul Ewing Employee...
Current Issues in Insurance Regulation 2024 The 34th annual program on Current Issues in Insurance Regulation features regional and national leaders exploring topical issues of importance to the insurance industry, with opportunities for questions and interaction with the faculty. As in prior...
This month’s Friday Five covers the treatment of job-related stress in assessing an attorney’s disability, the requirements surrounding the qualifications of a medical professional to review a claimant’s medical records in making disability determinations, the requirements for determining disability...
Please join Saul Ewing LLP and ARIAS U.S. for a half-day educational workshop and networking opportunity. For event inquiries, please contact info@arias-us.org. Panel Discussions Primer on Mass Tort Bankruptcies and Insolvencies The Current Lay of the Land, Including Scottish Re, Arrowood Crossroads...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to an alleged conflict of interest leading to discovery, two courts’ opposite treatments of subjective pain complaints, a decision that claims of fraud and misrepresentation were not preempted by ERISA and a court’s deference to an insurer’s...
Stephanie Denker, Partner at Saul Ewing LLP, will be speaking at a webinar entitled " Legal Update: A Discussion of Significant Insurance and Reinsurance Cases from 2022 and 2023" on February 27, 2024. The ARIAS•U.S. Law Committee will host this webinar which is focused on significant insurance and...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions regarding the transfer of an ERISA action that was filed in a state where an insurer did not maintain sufficient minimum contacts, an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and prejudgment interest, deference to an insurer’s interpretation of a plan’s provisions...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the enforceability of contractual statute of limitations provisions described as a “labyrinth,” ERISA claims when the carrier allegedly misrepresents benefits, federal courts retaining ERISA jurisdiction following a related state court case, a court...