In Re JPMorgan Chase LPI Hazard Litigation

  1. August 25, 2015

    JPMorgan, Assurant Settle Calif. Force-Placed Claims

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Assurant Inc. have reached a deal with a group of California plaintiffs to end a suit over the companies' force-placed insurance business, following a $300 million deal with a Florida class last year, according to a Monday court filing.

  2. September 30, 2013

    Homeowners Defend $300M JPMorgan Force-Placed Deal

    A class of homeowners who scored a $300 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and Assurant Inc. over their force-placed insurance business urged a Florida federal judge Monday to keep plaintiffs in a rival California case from interfering with the deal, saying they had forfeited that right.

  3. September 26, 2013

    Calif. Classes Fight Chase's $300M Fla. Force-Placed Deal

    Homeowners disputing a force-placed hazard insurance arrangement between JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and Assurant Inc. in California multidistrict litigation said Thursday that a proposed $300 million settlement reached in Florida signs away their case for next to nothing and should be scuttled.

  4. March 27, 2012

    JPMorgan Can't Ditch Force-Placed Policy Action

    Two JPMorgan Chase & Co. subsidiaries must face unfair competition and contract claims in a putative class action over commissions they allegedly received from hazard insurers for forcing mortgage borrowers to obtain expensive policies, a California judge ruled Monday.

  5. June 27, 2011

    JPMorgan Units Hit With Force-Placed Policy Action

    Two JPMorgan Chase & Co. subsidiaries were accused in a putative class action filed in California on June 20 of breaching mortgage contracts with borrowers and taking improper kickbacks when imposing so-called force-placed hazard insurance policies.