Opinion ID: 1225642
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Heading: Turner I

Text: Turner v. Aon Corp. ( Turner I ) was filed on December 23, 1999, in California Superior Court, County of Monterey. Turner v. Aon Corp., et al., No. M 47230 (Cal.Super.Ct.1999). Plaintiff Scott C. Turnera California attorney who specializes in insurance lawsued major brokers, including Aon, Marsh and Willis Corroon (and their affiliates), on behalf of the general public. (J.A. 123-32.) The Turner I amended complaint alleged that, since at least 1986, and without policyholders' knowledge, defendant brokers entered into undisclosed agency contracts with insurance companies, pursuant to which the defendants were paid commissions based upon the amount of business they produced for the insurance companies. (J.A. 128, ¶¶ 23-24.) These undisclosed agency contracts allegedly created a conflict of interest between the financial interests of the defendants and the interests of their policyholder clients. Turner did not sue The Hartford, and the complaint mentioned the company only once, when it alleged, The insurance companies which entered into the undisclosed agency contracts with the defendants include The Travelers Insurance Group, The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, The Hartford Insurance Group and, upon information and belief, other major property and casualty insurance companies. (J.A. 128 ¶ 24.) The October 2000 National Underwriter article mentioned above also noted the Turner I lawsuit, but as with the Daniel action it did not implicate The Hartford or any other insurer. The allegation from the Turner I complaint that is quoted above did not appear in the article, which stated only that the Turner I suit claimed that  brokers should have disclosed the fees to their clients earlier and that the fees should have been passed onto their clients. (J.A. 224 (emphasis added).)