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Cardio Diagnostic Imaging Inc. v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
Insurer may deny coverage to tenant that suffered damage due to blockage in malfunctioning toilet under policy's water exclusion. 		Insurance Dec. 18, 2012
People ex rel. Fire Insurance Exchange v. Anapol
Mere filing of insurance claim does not constitute prelitigation conduct protected under First Amendment for purposes of anti-SLAPP motion. 		Insurance Dec. 6, 2012
Gemini Insurance Co. v. Delos Insurance Co.
Landlord may recover for fire caused by tenant despite interinsured exclusion policy where landlord's suit did not seek to limit its own liability. 		Insurance Dec. 5, 2012
Hodjat v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Insurance company properly denies business owner's stolen vehicle claim based on owner's false statements about car's price, condition, and repair cost. 		Insurance Nov. 16, 2012
ReadyLink Healthcare Inc. v. Jones (Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau)
State Compensation Insurance Fund may increase workers’ compensation insurance policy premium after finding per diem payments to traveling nurses count as payroll. 		Insurance Nov. 7, 2012
Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. v. Swift Distribution Inc.
Insurer does not have to defend its insured against lawsuit alleging insured’s advertisement disparaged another company's product. 		Insurance Oct. 30, 2012
St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. v. Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
Insurance company must contribute to other insurance company’s defense costs when it refused to defend its insured in construction defect matter. 		Insurance Oct. 29, 2012
Henderson v. Farmers Group Inc.
Following destruction of homes due to wildfires, insurer may not deny property loss claims solely because of insured's failure to submit proof of loss within 60 days. 		Insurance Oct. 25, 2012
Carson v. Mercury Insurance Co.
Insurance company does not have to pay replacement value in case where car was repairable, even though its value was greatly diminished. 		Insurance Oct. 24, 2012
Los Angeles Federal Credit Union v. Madatyan
Owners of auto body shop are liable for assisting in conversion when they interfered with federal credit union’s interests by endorsing insurance check. 		Insurance Oct. 12, 2012
Du v. Allstate Insurance Co.
Court does not have to instruct jury that it could consider insurer’s failure to effectuate settlement in determining whether insurer breached implied covenant. 		Insurance Oct. 8, 2012
Federal Insurance Co. v. Steadfast Insurance Co.
In dispute between three insurance companies, insurance company with policy covering discrimination claims must defend insured in Fair Housing Act case. 		Insurance Sep. 25, 2012
State of California v. Continental Insurance Co.
‘All-sums-with-stacking’ approach applies to State’s claim for indemnification against insurers where continuous property damage occurs during periods of several successive liability policies. 		Insurance Sep. 21, 2012
Stephan v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
Life insurance company has conflict of interest by acting as both administrator and insurer of disability policy for man who became quadriplegic. 		Insurance Sep. 13, 2012
Farmers New World Life Insurance Co. v. Rees
Insurance company gets attorney fees after successfully filing action in dispute over life insurance benefits for man, who was suspected of killing his wife. 		Insurance Sep. 4, 2012
Fluor Corp. v Superior Court (Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.)
Insurance company can require insureds to obtain its consent before assigning any interest under its policies based on California Supreme Court precedent. 		Insurance Aug. 31, 2012
Entin v. Superior Court (Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co.)
Insured is entitled to jury trial where insurer's claim for declaratory relief raised questions regarding contractual rights under policy, which are legal in nature. 		Insurance Aug. 21, 2012
Universal City Studios Credit Union v. Cumis Insurance Society Inc.
Credit union is not covered by insurance policy because it failed to follow security measures expressed in policy and transferred money to imposter. 		Insurance Aug. 20, 2012
State of California v. Continental Insurance Co.
‘All-sums-with-stacking’ approach applies to State’s claim for indemnification against insurers where continuous property damage occurs during periods of several successive liability policies. 		Insurance Aug. 10, 2012
Axis Surplus Insurance Co. v. Reinoso
Insured landlord is not covered by liability insurance as to tenants' claims because she was in position to know about habitability issues. 		Insurance Aug. 6, 2012
Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. Charlotte Russe Holding Inc.
Summary judgment based on absence of duty to defend is improper where there was potential for coverage for product disparagement in underlying claim. 		Insurance Jul. 16, 2012
Axis Surplus Insurance Co. v. Reinoso
Insured is not covered by liability insurance as to claims by tenants of apartment building that she co-owned when she was in position to know about habitability issues. 		Insurance Jun. 27, 2012
Health Net Inc v. RLI Insurance Co.
Dishonest acts exclusion does not preclude coverage for entirety of insured’s potentially covered claims against insurer, which sought reimbursement for costs in underlying lawsuits. 		Insurance Jun. 12, 2012
Du v. Allstate Insurance Co.
Insurer's duty of good faith and fair dealing may be premised on insurer's failure to effectuate settlement where insured’s liability was reasonably clear. 		Insurance Jun. 11, 2012
Harlick v. Blue Shield of California
Under Mental Health Parity Act, insurer is required to pay for medically necessary residential care treatment for severe mental illness subject to terms and conditions imposed on coverage. 		Insurance Jun. 4, 2012
Ortega v. Topa Insurance Co.
Plaintiff fails to assert statutory violation because Insurance Code Section 758.2 does not prohibit two tiers of physical damage coverage by insurance providers. 		Insurance May 24, 2012
Health Net Inc v. RLI Insurance Co.
Dishonest acts exclusion does not preclude coverage for entirety of insured’s potentially covered claims against insurer, which sought reimbursement for costs in underlying lawsuits. 		Insurance May 23, 2012
Axis Surplus Insurance Co. v. Glencoe Insurance Ltd.
Insurer’s payment of self-insured retention fund in settlement of insured’s lawsuit is sufficient evidence of insurer’s potential coverage in subsequent claim for equitable contribution. 		Insurance Apr. 11, 2012
DeWitt v. Monterey Insurance Co.
Trial court correctly refuses to instruct jury on elements of bad faith claim based on refusal to settle where plaintiff failed to establish insurer owed duty to defend. 		Insurance Mar. 13, 2012
U.S. v. Lequire
Insurance agency treasurer cannot be guilty of embezzling where funds commingled were not held in trust, and agency merely had contractual obligations. 		Insurance Mar. 5, 2012
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