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Basic Research v. Admiral Insurance Co. (D.C. Utah, November 30, 2009)

Policyholders, manufacturers and marketers of the weight loss pill Akavar 20/50, filed a suit in federal court seeking coverage for defense costs from their insurers for underlying cases accusing the policyholders of false advertising. 

Some of the policyholders were first sued in November 2007 in a putative nationwide class action in Utah alleging that the ads regarding weight loss were misleading.  In December 2007, the policyholders were hit with a similar …

In Re:  PMI Group Inc. Security Litigation (D.California, November 2, 2009)

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday, November 2, 2009, denied the insurer’s request to dismiss a proposed securities class action against mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc.  Judge Illston found that the investors’ amended complaint cured the deficiencies outlined in a previous order dismissing parts of the lawsuit. 

The lawsuit was filed in April 2008 and accused the insurer of concealing the …

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Miller v. Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co.

(S.D. W. Va. Sept. 11, 2009)

The plaintiff filed suit against CIGNA to enforce an arbitration award for life insurance benefits. The plaintiff, a West Virginia resident, was a member of a settlement class in a class action brought against CIGNA in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The litigation involved alleged misrepresentations made by CIGNA and its agents to purchasers of life insurance proceeds. A Final Order from that action provided that the court …

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