Insurance Defense Law and Legal Definition
In 1944, Congress enacted the McCarran-Ferguson Act (15 USCS § § 1011), which provided that the laws of the several states should control the insurance business, but that the Sherman Act,the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act were applicable to the insurance business to the extent that it was unregulated by state law.
Insurance defense includes the following legal issues, among others:
1. Personal injury
2. Products liability
3. Professional liability
4. Property damage
5. Crop loss
6. Minor's compromises
7. Coverage issues
8. Statements under oath
9. Under insured and uninsured defense
10.Construction claims
11.Homeowners claims
12.Automobile claims
13.Premises liability
14.Employment law
15.Potential fraudulent claims
16.Appellate practice
17.Subrogation.
