ACLI - Amicus Briefs

1980s

  • 1981 - ACLI - Amicus Brief - Aetna v Mitchell (WI Insurance Commissioner) - 32p 
  • 1989 - LC - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch., No. 87-1054., Supreme Court of United States. 489 U.S. 101 - [link-Google-Scholar]
    • Argued November 30, 1988, Decided February 21, 1989
    • Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • [*] Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Council of Life Insurance et al. by Phillip E. Stano, Jack H. Blaine, and David J. Larkin, Jr. [ACLI] - <WishList>

1990s

  • 1998 -  LC - ACLI - Amicus Brief - Crown Life v. Casteel - 98-0218 -Supreme Court of Texas - 18p
    • 1998 - LC - Amicus Brief - TALU (Texas Association of Life Underwriters) - Crown Life v Casteel - 98-0218 - Supreme Court of Texas - 21p

2000s

  • 2xxx - LC - Fairbanks v. Farmers New World Life  ---  [BonkNote]
    • 2008 0703 - ACLI - Amicus Brief - Fairbanks v Sup. Ct. - Am. Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) - 26p 
  • 2013 - LC - Amicus Brief - ACLI - Johnston and Johnston v Conseco Life Insurance - 13-30010 - Doc 51-1 - 48p
    • Document: 00512218127 - 
    • 03/12/2013 Open Document
      54 pg, 1.9 MB OPPOSED MOTION by American Council of Life Insurers to file amicus brief [7313906-2] Date of service: 03/12/2013 via email - Attorney for Appellants: Hensgens, Walters; Attorney for Appellees: Cossey, Herold [13-30010] REVIEWED AND/OR EDITED. (Dana Livingston ) [Entered: 03/12/2013 12:03 AM]
    • 03/12/2013 Open Document
      5 pg, 60.56 KB OPPOSED MOTION by American Council of Life Insurers to file amicus brief out of time [7313908-2] Date of service: 03/12/2013 via email - Attorney for Appellants: Hensgens, Walters; Attorney for Appellees: Cossey, Herold [13-30010] (Dana Livingston ) [Entered: 03/12/2013 12:40 AM]
    • 03/26/2013 Open Document
      2 pg, 78.49 KB LETTER OF ADVISEMENT. Reason: advising parties that the amicus brief filed on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurers has been removed from the docket as it was filed prematurely. The motion for leave to file an amicus brief is still pending with the court. [13-30010] (MLL) [Entered: 03/26/2013 02:51 PM]
    • 03/26/2013 APPEARANCE FORM FILED by Attorney Dana Livingston for Not Party American Council of Life Insurers in 13-30010 [13-30010] (SBS) [Entered: 03/26/2013 03:50 PM]
    • 03/27/2013 Open Document 11 pg, 115.97 KB OPPOSED MOTION filed by Not Party American Council of Life Insurers for leave to file a response [7326294-2] to the motion for reconsideration filed by Appellee Johnston & Johnston in 13-30010 [7324858-2]. Date of service: 03/26/2013 [13-30010] (CMB) [Entered: 03/27/2013 11:36 AM]
      • 04/23/2013
      		    48 pg, 1.91 MB    AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF FILED by American Council of Life Insurers.
      Consent is Not Necessary as a Motion has been Granted.
      # of Copies Provided: 0
      Paper Copies of Brief due on 04/29/2013 for Amicus Curiae American Council of Life Insurers. [13-30010] (SBS) [Entered: 04/23/2013 03:17 PM]
      • 04/23/2013
      		    6 pg, 79.11 KB RESPONSE/OPPOSITION filed by American Council of Life Insurers [7347490-1] to the motion for reconsideration filed by Appellee Johnston & Johnston in 13-30010 [7324858-2] [13-30010] (SBS) [Entered: 04/23/2013 03:22 PM]
  • 2015 0626 - ACLI - Amici Curiae brief in support of MetLife - METLIFE, INC. v. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), 15-cv-45 - D44-1 - 40p
  • 2016 - LC - ACLI vs. Perez (DOL - Department of Labor) - Fiduciary Rule - Document 1 - Complaint - 16-cv-01530 - 108p
  • 2020 - ACLI - Amici Curiae Brief - State Farm v. Michael Vogt - Supreme Court of the United States - No. 20-1008 - 24p
  • 2021 0621 - ACLI - Amici Curiae Brief - United Insurance Company of America vs Jimmy Patronis, CFO, Florida Department of Financial Services - 38p
    • Case No. SC20-1306, DCA Case No. 1D18-2114
  • 2021 1008 - In Re: Penn Treaty Network America - No. 1 PEN 2009 - Insurance Company in Liquidation Liquidator's Brief in Support of Exceptions - 456p
    •  ACLI - Amici Curiae Brief - Exhibit E - (p417-439)
      • The availability of estate assets to protect policyholders whose coverage exceeds guaranty association limits has long been a key component of state regulation of insurance and it should remain that way.
      • [link]  - See, e.g., Mary Williams Walsh,  Policyholders in Limbo After Rare Failure of Insurer, N. Y. Times, Apr. 1, 2017, at B5 (quoting one policyholder as having paid premiums for 18 years and expecting to suffer losses of up to 50% of the value of his policy).
      • That coverage gap, however, is both real and insurmountable for many policyholders of the insolvent insurers.
      • [link] - The average annual premium tables prepared by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners below provide data regarding the average increase in premiums based on policyholder age. Average Annual Premium for Basic Long-Term Insurance $200 Daily Benefit With Inflation Protection 5% Compounded Per Year] - <Table>  - Nat'l Ass'n of Ins. Commissioners, A Shopper's Guide To Long-Term Care Insurance, at 30 (2013)