9th Circuit Affirms Judgment In Insurance Fraud Dispute Over Employee’s Status

(October 30, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a corrected opinion, affirming a district court’s summary judgment for an insurance broker acting as a licensed agent for a health insurer awarded $2.4 million in damages when its insured company was found liable for fraud regarding classifying an employee incorrectly as full time, finding, in part, that the district court correctly determined that the broker did not act outside its agency authority for the health insurer....