Ocwen, Assurant Deal Objectors Say 9th Circ. Is On Their Side

By Jody Godoy
Law360

Objectors to a $140 million deal between homeowners, Ocwen Financial Corp., and Assurant Inc. over allegedly inflated force-placed insurance premiums asked a Florida federal court Thursday to consider a Ninth Circuit ruling pointing to “subtle signs” that class counsel, in that case, skewed a settlement in their own interest. The deal proposed in April would settle allegations by a proposed class that the insurer paid the mortgage servicing company to inflate force-placed insurance premiums.

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