Source: https://www.lexislegalnews.com/mealeys-insurance-insolvency
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 14:25:40+00:00

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida trial judge on March 29 set the bar date for claims in the receivership proceeding for Physicians United Plan Inc. as the date of her order (In re: The receivership of Physicians United Plan Inc., No. 2014-CA-1472, Fla. Cir., 2nd Jud., Leon Co.).
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A claims bar date was issued for March 15 in the receivership proceedings for Universal Health Care Insurance Co. Inc. (UHCIC) and Universal Health Care Inc. (UHC), a Florida trial judge said in an order issued the same day (In re: The receivership of Universal Health Care Insurance Company Inc., No. 2013-CA-00358 & In re: The receivership of Universal Health Care Inc., No. 2013-CA-00375, Fla. Cir., Leon Co., 2nd Jud.).
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge on April 5 approved final omnibus notices of determinations (NODs) made by Reliance Insurance Co.’s liquidator that have been issued to guaranty associations (GAs) to resolve all the claims submitted by those individual GAs (In re: Reliance Insurance Co. in liquidation, No. 1 REL 2001, Pa. Cmwlth.).
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A California federal judge awarded attorney fees of $117,335.50 on March 12 to an insolvent surety after previously granting summary judgment to the surety in its reimbursement dispute against contractors (Western Insurance Co. in liquidation v. Frontier Homes LLC., et al., No. 17-2181, C.D. Calif.).
NEW YORK — Two hedge funds’ liquidators filed a second amended complaint on March 29 after a New York federal judge previously dismissed claims for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting fraud and unjust enrichment as to certain defendants (Martin Trott, et al. v. Platinum Management [NY] LLC, et al., No. 18-10936, S.D. N.Y.).
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A pedestrian seeks judgment against the driver of a vehicle that struck her and against New Jersey’s insurance guaranty association for her personal injuries in a March 26 complaint filed in a New Jersey court (Jaqueline Steuth v. Beatrice V. Borower, et al., No. HUD-L-001217-19, N.J. Super., Hudson Co.).
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware insurance commissioner on March 1 asked a state court to issue a rehabilitation order against reinsurer Scottish Re (U.S.) Inc. (SRUS) (Delaware ex rel. v. Scottish Re [U.S.] Inc., No. 2019-0175-AGB, Del. Chanc.).
NEW YORK — A New York justice on March 21 asked for any interested parties to show cause why an order of liquidation should not be issued against Atlantis Health Plan Inc. (In re Atlantis Health Plan Inc., No. 450297/19, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.).
CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on March 22 declined to grant an insolvent insurer’s liquidator’s motion to dismiss or stay a reinsurer’s dispute seeking confirmation of an arbitration award for $437,000 in attorney fees (Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. v. Jennifer Hammer, No. 18-5642, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47783).
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a dispute over a bank’s alleged breach of duties as trustee of a reinsurance trust for an insolvent insurer, a South Carolina federal judge on March 22 denied summary judgment to the bank on a civil conspiracy claim (Accident Insurance Company Inc. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al., No. 16-2621, D. S.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47656).
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware federal judge on March 19 dismissed a conspiracy and unjust enrichment lawsuit filed by the founder of a now-insolvent insurer against individuals involved in the insurer’s liquidation proceeding because the case was “legally frivolous” (Jeffrey Cohen v. Jeffrey Miceli, et al., No. 17-1352, D. Del., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45536).

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