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Title	Type	Date	Words
Home court advantage: policyholders who move to another state sometimes leave their legal remedies behind.		Nov 1, 2009	564
Weight losses: issuing insurance without thoroughly investigating the accuracy of an application proves costly.		Jul 1, 2009	578
Rescissionist history: a recent court decision clarifies when an insurer can rescind a policy.		Mar 1, 2009	529
Bad faith affirmed: conducting a thorough and fair claim investigation leaves little room for questions on motivation.		Dec 1, 2008	547
Aiming for fair and accurate: a conflict of interest must be considered in judicial review. But how?		Sep 1, 2008	583
Tolling benefits and pre-existing conditions: some individual state laws may prohibit an insured's coverage for a certain period of time, but as one court ruled, not forever.		Jun 1, 2008	563
Conviction not required: a felonious act, even where the insured has not been charged, may still be considered a felony for insurance purposes.		Mar 1, 2008	561
When there is nothing to see: surveillance of a disabled insured is not suspicious. Continuing to do so after the insured's claim is approved? Now that's suspicious.		Dec 1, 2007	574
Affirming viatical settlement laws: the NAIC developed the viatical settlements model act to protect insureds and to create a transparent and fair viaticat settlements market.		Sep 1, 2007	566
Discretionary debate: state insurance regulators are increasingly invalidating discretionary clauses, finding such provisions violate specific state insurance laws.		Jun 1, 2007	544
For the long haul: understanding the regulations surrounding long-term-care insurance is the first step to successfully selling it.		Mar 1, 2007	595
Trusting in nature: some courts are relying on the laws of nature, not policy time-limit provisions, to determine when an insured's injuries become disabling.		Dec 1, 2006	748
Playing doctor: disability insurers should leave medical decisions up to the insureds and their physicians.		Sep 1, 2006	761
Running on faith: for disability insurers, the good, the bad and the ugly of bad faith litigation depends on how well they investigate an insured's claim.		Jun 1, 2006	734
Cause or sympton? Two key court decisions define the limitations of mental illness insurance claims.	Case overview	Mar 1, 2006	777
Forging ahead: UnumProvident is offering reassessment to tens of thousands of California claimants.		Dec 1, 2005	724
Before the fact: a ruling says carriers cannot "read back" a pre-existing condition that went undiagnosed in the look-back period.		Sep 1, 2005	756
A second look: UnumProvident is poised to reopen and reconsider more than 215,000 denied disability claims.		May 1, 2005	773
Adjusting the definition: a court ruling maintains that a literal interpretation of the total disability clause would defeat the very purpose of own-occupation disability insurance.		Nov 1, 2004	775