Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 13, 2024

A qui tam whistleblower initiated a federal investigation that unveiled that the two defendants allegedly defrauded federal crop insurance programs by interfering with rain gauges. Finegan states, “Hardworking farmers and ranchers depend on USDA crop insurance programs, and we will not allow these programs to be abused.”

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Government Contracts

APRIL 3, 2024

An insurance company has asked a federal court to force companies connected to an insolvent contractor to hand over more than $38 million to compensate for costs it covered for unfinished jobs.

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Government Contracts

MAY 16, 2024

Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, businesses that depend on the bridge, the Port of Baltimore and related infrastructure for shipment and distribution of cargo should understand which common types of first-party insurance coverage may provide recoveries for financial losses, say Bert Wells and Richard Lewis at Reed Smith.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 5, 2024

A Delaware court remained steadfast Thursday in its decision to set aside a verdict finding an ex-Xerox unit that paid Texas a $236 million Medicaid fraud-related settlement tried to defraud its insurers into providing coverage, rejecting the insurers' request for a reargument.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Joann Lytle, in her role as Symposium Committee Co-Chair, was mentioned in the American College of Coverage Counsel Winter Newsletter for her work on its 9th Annual Insurance Law Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 18, 2024

A contractor and its insurer have settled a $10.5 million lawsuit seeking coverage for shoddy construction work on a school on a military base, according to a joint statement Thursday in Maryland federal court.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 21, 2024

Northern’s projects that Argonaut insured were governed by a framework agreement between Swinerton and Northern which included an arbitration clause. As required by the work orders for these projects, Northern obtained performance and payment bonds from a California-licensed insurer, Argonaut.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

An insurer urged a Louisiana federal court Monday to award it over $17 million in damages following several dredging contractors' alleged abandonment of multiple public utility projects, arguing that the contractors failed to pay it back for bonds it issued under a 2014 indemnity agreement.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Travelers has ended its dispute over whether another insurer must defend a general contractor, school district and construction manager in a worker's personal injury lawsuit as additional insureds, after a New York federal judge approved the parties' mutual request to drop the action.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A Honolulu-based insurer that paid over half a million dollars to a fast food operator that was forced to temporarily shut down after fuel leaks at a Navy facility contaminated the public water supply told a Hawaii federal court that the U.S. is on the hook for those costs.

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GovLoop

MARCH 24, 2023

Here’s a quick look at how the threat landscape is growing: With the severity of cyberattacks like these on the rise, some agencies are turning to cybersecurity insurance for an added level of protection. A robust cyber strategy ideally will make cyber liability insurance not just affordable, but ultimately unnecessary.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 5, 2024

A Colorado county water authority has accused Gemini Insurance Co. of failing to defend a construction company that was found liable for $3.5 million in damages related to a botched construction project that caused a sewage line failure.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Navigating the world of health insurance can be tricky. PT to hear from Maggie Martel, Manager, Enrollment and Member Support, Healthcare and Insurance, Office of Personnel Management, who will share how to make the most out of your benefits. How can you feel confident that you’re choosing the right fit for you and your family?

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A manufacturer of N95 respirator materials and its insurer told a California federal court they have resolved and agreed to drop a dispute over coverage for a suit claiming the manufacturer caused mask makers to lose a $90 million government contract.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A real estate company and a title insurer notified a Texas federal court that the parties finalized a settlement, ending a coverage row alleging that the company's land diminished in value and was subject to unforeseen development restrictions.

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Oles Morrison

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Sullivan On August 11, 2022, the Washington Supreme Court issued a decision upending the landscape of commercial general liability insurance (CGL) policies for contractors. By Sydney M. The Court’s opinion in Preferred Contractors Ins. Baker & Son Constr. 100466-4, 2022 WL 3270083 (Wash.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 10, 2024

A company that issued a $8.75 million performance bond is refusing to honor its deal with Honeywell International Inc. after a subcontractor declared bankruptcy and didn't finish its work at the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania, Honeywell claims in a suit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Government Contracts

MAY 24, 2024

A general contractor told a Washington federal court it is entitled to coverage under a subcontractor's commercial general liability policy with a Liberty Mutual unit for defects and damage that a school district alleges was caused by the subcontractor while working on a school expansion project.

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Procureware

MARCH 28, 2018

However, if the service provider is not adequately insured and licensed, the organization is exposed to increased liabilities. While all companies verify insurance and licensing before issuing the contract, the insurance will invariably expire during the life of the contract. Once verified, they flag it as ‘internally approved.’

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

An Argo Group unit asked a Colorado federal court to declare it doesn't owe any coverage to a construction company for suits brought by its subcontractors over roadwork at a national park, arguing that the claims don't concern any property damage other than the company's own defective work.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 13, 2024

An Illinois federal judge affirmed an arbitration award relieving two insurers of covering a $1.8 million bond issued to a subcontractor retained for a U.S. Army construction project, upholding the arbitrator's finding that the status of the project wasn't accurately represented at the time of bond procurement.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 4, 2024

United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie. Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v.

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Government Contracts

MAY 22, 2024

The city of Seattle says two short-line railroads have breached agreements to maintain liability insurance and indemnify the city in lawsuits from cyclists injured crossing tracks along a perilous stretch of a popular bike trail, according to a complaint filed in Washington state court.

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Government Contracts

MAY 16, 2024

A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Retired police officers for a New Jersey township are entitled to full healthcare benefits without premium payments under a collective bargaining agreement, a state appellate panel ruled Wednesday, upholding an arbitration decision in the police officers' union's favor.

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Government Contracts

JULY 16, 2024

An economic development company told a Delaware federal court its insurer must cover the over $7.6 million it has incurred while facing a government agency's allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with the agency's claim that one of its subcontractors overbilled the agency.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Department of Labor plans to work with state agencies to boost the reliability of the country’s unemployment insurance systems. The new program, called the OpenUI Initiative, aims to promote modular unemployment insurance technology.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 20, 2023

health insurance programs and double-billed the cost of COVID-19 tests to federal, local and state governments. A Houston hospital owner will pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations the company overcharged U.S.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 10, 2024

101 Million Settlement over Allegations of Falsely Reporting Rebates Rite Aid and Rite Aid subsidiaries, Elixir Insurance Company, RX Options LLC and RX Solutions LLC agreed to pay the government $101 million to settle the allegations of falsely reporting rebates. Lutzko for the Northern District of Ohio.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 9, 2024

The Factual Background The dispute arose between a film company and their insurer who had issued a policy in connection with filming. Following an accident whilst filming, the film company submitted a claim under the insurance policy, which the insurer declined.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 14, 2023

After the declination was made public, media reports suggested that the DOJ and SFO were also probing Seguros Sucre and its conduct involving other UK-based insurance firms, including Tysers Insurance Brokers Limited (Tysers). Tysers Insurance Brokers Limited and H.W.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up two federal government petitions seeking to overturn orders that require the Indian Health Service to reimburse millions in administrative health care costs for Native American tribes that provide insurer-funded services to their members.

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Government Contracts

MAY 20, 2024

A Connecticut laboratory claims that GlaxoSmithKline defrauded federal health insurance programs for billions by hiding for 40 years that Zantac decomposes into a carcinogen even when just sitting on the shelf, in a lawsuit filed Monday in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 6, 2024

A psychiatrist who was convicted for a $19 million insurance fraud scheme was sentenced Thursday to 99 months in prison by a Boston federal judge, who found that there was "overwhelming evidence" of the doctor's guilt.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 30, 2024

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan says a Native American tribe's third request for a default win in its suit alleging the insurer overcharged for tribe members' care is disrespectful and constitutes a continued violation of a court order for the tribe to identify members involved in the insurance plan.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 4, 2024

A psychiatrist convicted of billing Medicare and private insurers for $19 million worth of treatments he never provided should serve more than 11 years in prison for the "brazen, greed-fueled" fraud scheme, prosecutors have told a Boston federal judge.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

One of those is establishing or renewing our health insurance plan. Maggie Martel, Enrollment and Member Support, Healthcare and Insurance in the Office of Personnel Management offered some guidance for navigating open season. What you pay each month for your health insurance, automatically deducted from your paycheck.

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