Employer health plans and health insurers are now required to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, even without a health care provider’s order or an individualized clinical assessment, and generally without cost sharing or medical management.

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The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of an insurer based on the relevant policy’s “Suit Against Us” condition, which required that any suit seeking damages under the Uninsured Motorist (UM) coverage provisions cannot be “barred by the tort statute of limitations.”

A recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision provided uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage to a roadside repair employee who was fixing a customer’s flat tire when he was struck by a tire that fell off a passing truck.

The Texas Supreme Court is weighing an insured’s appeal of losses at the trial court and appellate courts regarding her insurer’s alleged negligence in failing to ensure that the scene of a one-car accident was safe when instructing the insured to take photos. After the insured’s husband arrived at the scene and began taking the requested pictures, another motorist lost control of her car and struck the husband, killing him.

Civil litigation over the collapse of the Surfside beachfront condominiums in a suburb of Miami, FL on June 24, 2021 is expected to conclude in the summer of 2022. Judge Michael Hanzman encouraged attorneys for those seeking compensation for the tragedy, in which 98 people were killed, not to appear before the court unless they can be ready for trial next summer.

The tragedy at Astroworld, a popular festival-style concert headlined by Travis Scott at which eight people died and over 300 suffered at least minor injuries on November 5, 2021, will be litigated for years to come. Newly uncovered information suggests that the venue’s insurance umbrella is capped at $25 million, which may leave NRG Park exposed to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential liability.

Join the Insurance Coverage Section at IndyBarHQ or from anywhere in the world for a discussion about the nature of agency relationships in the insurance coverage context, by people who work in the industry. Confused about when an insurance broker is an agent for the insured and when they are an agent for the insurer? What about captive insurance agents? We will look at many aspects of insurance contract formation and claims handling to answer these questions and many more.

Join the Insurance Coverage Section for a great IndyBar CLE event coming up this Thursday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Black Acre Brewery Garden Annex!

A common lawyer joke is when you ask an attorney a question, the answer is typically, “it depends.” However, the Indiana Supreme Court removed all doubt as to whether a landowner owes a duty to the public traveling on highways when visual obstructions are fully contained within the property in Reece v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.