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As many policyholders are acutely aware, the insurance landscape is complex, with numerous insurers offering a wide range of available insurance programs. While some coverage forms are standard, many are unique to specific...more
Travelers Prop. & Cas. Corp. v. Chiquita Brands Internatl., Inc., 2024-Ohio-1775 - Several insurers sought a declaration that they were not obligated to indemnify the defendant when it resolved underlying claims alleging...more
The insured admittedly punched and threw the claimant to the ground, but the insured maintained during her plea for reckless assault in criminal court that the claimant was the aggressor, she acted in self-defense, and that...more
Insurer bad faith may take many forms. While policyholders are sometimes familiar with the quintessential bad faith fact pattern – a liability insurer’s failure to settle within policy limits – the New York Appellate Division...more
Applying Washington state law, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington has held that an insurer had a duty to defend a demand for payment under a vendor invoice for usage fees incurred due to...more
Dayton v. The Automobile Ins. Co. of Hartford, Connecticut, 2024 WL 1745041 (M.D. Pa. Apr. 23, 2024) - Datyon was injured while operating his employer’s vehicle and subsequently submitted a claim for underinsured motorist...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently rendered its eagerly awaited decision in Ungarean v. CNA et al., declaring that losses resulting from Covid-related governmental closure orders were not covered by business interruption...more
There is a famous scene in The Pink Panther Strikes Again where inspector Clouseau asks a hotel clerk if his dog bites, to which the clerk responds “no.” When Clouseau goes to pet the dog, it viciously bites him on the hand....more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law, has held that a contract exclusion did not bar defense cost coverage for a lawsuit against a private equity firm alleging,...more
On October 7, 2024, the Hawaii Supreme Court, responding to questions certified by the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, determined that insurers had no duty to defend Aloha Petroleum ("Aloha") in two...more
Partners, Lian Skaf and Matt Ferrie, are back for the second part of their series titled, “Part 2: How to Make the Public Sector an Ally and not a ‘Public Enemy’.” John Lightbody, CFI, CFEI, CFII, Chief Investigator and...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, applying Massachusetts law, has held that an insurer does not need to prove that it was prejudiced by the insured’s untimely notice to deny coverage under a...more
The United States District Court for the District of Delaware, applying Delaware law, has held that no coverage exists under a directors and officers liability policy for a claim arising from disallowed federal grant...more
In the recent decision Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Qureshi, the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal held that homeowners cannot recover replacement cost benefits unless they have incurred expenses for...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, applying Michigan law, has held that a claims-made E&O policy does not afford coverage where the insured failed to comply with a condition precedent to...more
Applying California law, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California has held that an antitrust exclusion in a D&O policy bars coverage for lawsuits alleging violation of antitrust laws, violation...more
Employer’s Liability Exclusions typically apply to claims for bodily injury to employees arising out of and in the course of their employment by the insured. But, to what extent might such exclusions apply to claims for...more
The United States District Court for the District of Kansas, applying Kansas law, has held that an insured is not entitled to coverage under a claims-made-and-reported policy because the tendered class action counterclaim was...more
In a recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Wood v. GeoVera Specialty Insurance Company (2024 WL 3952571), the court affirmed that unambiguous policy limits remain enforceable even when...more
The California Court of Appeal, applying California law, has affirmed a trial court’s decision dismissing claims with prejudice against two excess carriers for the insureds’ failure to allege exhaustion of the underlying...more
In Meyer v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado entered summary judgment for an insurer after video evidence showed that the insured was not entitled to the benefits...more
In a long-awaited decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in favor of the insurance companies in two appeals involving the availability of business interruption insurance coverage for losses stemming from the COVID-19...more
In a long-awaited decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that “direct physical loss” language in commercial property policies is not ambiguous and that COVID-related business-interruption claims do not trigger the...more
Listen to the newest episode of Subro Sessions, hosted by Lian Skaf and Matthew Ferrie, Partners at White and Williams, entitled, “How to Make the Public Sector an Ally and not a ‘Public Enemy’.” John Lightbody, CFI, CFEI,...more
A dental practice submitted a business interruption claim to its property insurers due to the COVID-19 shutdown orders. The insurers denied coverage, citing a lack of physical damage to the premises. Breaking with national...more