US District Court holds that suit between insurers should be transferred to district where accident occurred

Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, an excess insurer, sued Twin City Fire Insurance Company, a primary insurer, for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing for failing to settle a motor vehicle accident case within the policy limits.


The accident occurred in New York.  Ohio Casualty is an Ohio Corporation with its principal place of business in Boston.  Twin City is an Indiana corporation with its principal place of business in Hartford.


Twin City moved to transfer the case to the Eastern District of New  York.  In Ohio Casualty Ins. Co. v. Twin City Fire Ins., 2014 WL 495650 (D. Mass.), the court allowed the motion.  It noted the only connection of Massachusetts to the dispute is that Ohio Casualty's principal place of business is here, while a substantial amount of the relevant evidence is likely to be located in New York, where the underlying tort and jury trial occurred and where the underlying trial attorneys are located.   

Corruption alleged in FEMA flood map changes

According to NBC News, FEMA has changed flood zone maps to drastically lower insurance premiums of owners of ocean-front, flood-prone properties.