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Hearing On Proposition 103 Insurance Reform, Senate Committee On Insurance, Claims And Corporations Dec 1988

Hearing On Proposition 103 Insurance Reform, Senate Committee On Insurance, Claims And Corporations

California Senate

No abstract provided.


Review Of "No Fault Automobile Accident Law" By Josephine Y. King, Jay C. Carlisle Dec 1988

Review Of "No Fault Automobile Accident Law" By Josephine Y. King, Jay C. Carlisle

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Insurance Companies' Post Proposition 103 Marketing Practices, Senate Committee On Insurance, Claims And Corporations Nov 1988

Insurance Companies' Post Proposition 103 Marketing Practices, Senate Committee On Insurance, Claims And Corporations

California Senate

No abstract provided.


Department Of Insurance, M. Jackman Oct 1988

Department Of Insurance, M. Jackman

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Myth Of The Liability Insurance Claims Explosion: An Empirical Rebuttal, David J. Nye, Donald G. Gifford Oct 1988

The Myth Of The Liability Insurance Claims Explosion: An Empirical Rebuttal, David J. Nye, Donald G. Gifford

Vanderbilt Law Review

A perceived crisis in the nation's liability insurance system erupted in 1986. Some businesses saw their insurance premiums double in a period of two years, and others found the coverages they required to-tally unavailable. While trial lawyers and consumer groups asserted that insurance company investment and pricing practices, as well as huge profits, had caused the crisis, others alleged that an increased"claims consciousness" among the American public had spawned the liability insurance affordability and availability problems. Richard Berman, a national representative of the United States Chamber of Commerce, proclaimed that the judicial system had "gone berserk" and that litigation was …


Department Of Insurance, S. Kalemkiarian Aug 1988

Department Of Insurance, S. Kalemkiarian

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Department Of Insurance, S. Kalemkiarian May 1988

Department Of Insurance, S. Kalemkiarian

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Ix. Insurance Law Mar 1988

Ix. Insurance Law

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Insurance Law, Barry L. Kroll, John M. Edwards Jan 1988

Insurance Law, Barry L. Kroll, John M. Edwards

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Consumer Protection - The Unfair Trade Practices Act And The Insurance Code: Does Per Se Necessarily Preempt? - Pearce V. American Defender Life Insurance Co., Cindy C. Heenan Jan 1988

Consumer Protection - The Unfair Trade Practices Act And The Insurance Code: Does Per Se Necessarily Preempt? - Pearce V. American Defender Life Insurance Co., Cindy C. Heenan

Campbell Law Review

This Note will address two main issues. The first issue is whether a violation of the Insurance Code regulatory section entitled "Unfair Trade Practices" should be a per se unfair trade practice under the UTPA. The second is whether the Insurance Code preempts the UTPA in defining unfair insurance practices.


A Crisis In Insurance, Benjamin Lipson Jan 1988

A Crisis In Insurance, Benjamin Lipson

New England Journal of Public Policy

As the life and health insurance industry evaluates its long-term financial goals, the cloud of Black Monday — October 19, 1987, the day the stock market collapsed — blurs its cherished investment income projections. With investment portfolios under siege, mutual life insurance companies and stock companies alike are wary of making policy-pricing miscalculations that could prove to be disastrous. As if that weren't enough, one single disease — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — looms as the most serious threat to life and health insurers for the remainder of this century. The spread of the new disease has caused insurers to adjust …


Department Of Insurance, S. Kalemkiarian Jan 1988

Department Of Insurance, S. Kalemkiarian

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Insurer's Duty To Defend In Maryland, Andrew Janquitto Jan 1988

Insurer's Duty To Defend In Maryland, Andrew Janquitto

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.


Benefits Of Retirees: Negotiations And The Duty Of Fair Representation, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 513 (1988), Robert S. Bates Jr. Jan 1988

Benefits Of Retirees: Negotiations And The Duty Of Fair Representation, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 513 (1988), Robert S. Bates Jr.

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comparing Comparative Negligence: Is There A Difference Between The Pure And Modified Forms, 22 J. Marshall L. Rev. 243 (1988), Bruce L. Ottley Jan 1988

Comparing Comparative Negligence: Is There A Difference Between The Pure And Modified Forms, 22 J. Marshall L. Rev. 243 (1988), Bruce L. Ottley

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Tort Crisis: Causes, Solutions, And The Constitution, Wallace M. Rudolph Jan 1988

The Tort Crisis: Causes, Solutions, And The Constitution, Wallace M. Rudolph

Seattle University Law Review

The thesis of the Article is that the expansion of tort liability based on strict liability or enterprise liability without regard to the proper measurement of damages in such cases is at the root of the insurance crisis rather than the awarding of excessive damages in ordinary fault cases. Stated another way, the expansion of tort liability was based upon the appropriateness of internalizing the cost of economic activity by spreading the risk among the beneficiaries of such activity, but the damages were measured under full compensation theories rather than a more appropriate insurance approach. This divergence between basing liability …


Curing Washington's Occupational Disease Statute: Dennis V. Departmentof Labor And Industries, Lance Palmer Jan 1988

Curing Washington's Occupational Disease Statute: Dennis V. Departmentof Labor And Industries, Lance Palmer

Seattle University Law Review

This Note focuses on the current state of occupational disease coverage under the workers' compensation system in Washington, and will review the legislative history, the administrative interpretation, and the judicial development of the occupational disease law. Further, after setting forth the broad policy goals behind the Industrial Insurance Act and outlining Washington's occupational disease statute, this Note will conclude with a discussion of the supreme court's analytical framework for a fair, workable, and uniform method for adjudicating occupational disease claims in Washington.


Lack Of Judicial Review Of Veterans' Administration Disability Claims: Is The Proposed Veterans' Administration Adjudication Procedure And Judicial Review Act The Answer, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 673 (1988), Michael A. Babiarz Jan 1988

Lack Of Judicial Review Of Veterans' Administration Disability Claims: Is The Proposed Veterans' Administration Adjudication Procedure And Judicial Review Act The Answer, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 673 (1988), Michael A. Babiarz

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On The Meaning Of Life: An Analysis Of Section 7702 And The Taxation Of Cash Value Life Insurance, Andrew Pike Jan 1988

Reflections On The Meaning Of Life: An Analysis Of Section 7702 And The Taxation Of Cash Value Life Insurance, Andrew Pike

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


The "Set Up" Defense And The Comparative Fault Defense: New Wrinkles In Bad Faith Claims Against Insurers Jan 1988

The "Set Up" Defense And The Comparative Fault Defense: New Wrinkles In Bad Faith Claims Against Insurers

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Accountable Accountants: Is Third-Party Liability Necessary?, Victor P. Goldberg Jan 1988

Accountable Accountants: Is Third-Party Liability Necessary?, Victor P. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

Should accountants be liable to third parties if they conduct an audit in negligent manner? A half century ago, in Ultramares Corporation v. Touche, Niven & Co., Cardozo argued that they should not, unless their performance could be characterized as fraud. In recent years, courts in a minority of jurisdictions have concluded that Cardozo's argument is no longer compelling and they have found that "foreseeable" third parties could bring a tort action for ordinary negligence against the accountants. In addition to being subject to tort actions, accountants may also be liable under federal and state securities laws.

Suits against …