Lawsuits and legislation about natural gas harvesting in the Marcellus Shale region and nationwide is underway and expected to spread, eventually reaching the insurance industry.

A bill introduced in Pennsylvania would amend the state’s dental laws to require dentists to purchase malpractice insurance.

A New York appeals court ruled 5-2 that a man’s estate is entitled to make insurance claims after he was run down and killed by a homicidal driver.

A Tampa, Fla.-based insurance nonprofit says it “enhances” customer service and saves more than $700 million in litigation costs annually for the property-casualty insurance industry by resolving insurance claims disputes through arbitration.

A New York Supreme Court judge ruled in favor of an insurance company in a personal injury lawsuit by validating the release of claims it acquired from the plaintiff.

Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat from Kansas, has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate alleged abuses of federally sanctioned risk retention groups (RRGs) by some state insurance regulators.

If oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico is mixed with flood waters, it will be covered under the National Flood Insurance Program.

ACE USA has announced new enhancements to its DigiTech and Privacy Protection policies, providing privacy, network security and media liability coverage for all industries.

New York Insurance Department Superintendent James J. Wrynn is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the New York Insurance Association’s 2010 annual conference.

Lloyd’s of London is asking a federal court to block a claim by oil company BP seeking damages against its Deepwater Horizon partner, Transocean, over oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.