On December 9, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York considered whether an “insured v. insured” (IvI) exclusion applied to bar coverage for an underlying lawsuit brought against insureds under a...more
On August 26, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, applying Florida Law, held that ill-gotten gains do not constitute covered “loss” within the meaning of a D&O policy. In Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Sabal...more
11/19/2019
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Aviation Industry ,
Billing Rates ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Corporate Executives ,
D&O Insurance ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Grand Theft ,
Indemnification ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Municipalities ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Terms ,
Premiums ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Reservation of Rights ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Summary Judgment ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Wrongful Acts
Under New York law, a liability insurer is required to deny coverage for bodily injury resulting from an auto accident “as soon as is reasonably possible.” N.Y. Ins. Law § 3420(d)(2). The Second Circuit recently shed light on...more
On May 1, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia held that a firearms exclusion in a general liability insurance policy applied to bar coverage for an underlying action arising from a shooting at the...more
5/3/2019
/ Ambiguous ,
Bodily Injury ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Duty to Defend ,
Duty to Indemnify ,
Firearms ,
Insurance Industry ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Motion for Reconsideration ,
Negligence ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Reversal ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Wrongful Death
When (if ever) are an insurer’s attorney’s fees and billing information discoverable in a coverage dispute? Though the question is straightforward, the answer can vary from case to case and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The...more
8/15/2017
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Discovery ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Mandamus Petitions ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Damage ,
Property Insurance ,
Severe Weather ,
TX Supreme Court ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The South Carolina Supreme Court recently took a firm stance on what constitutes a sufficient reservation of rights letter in Harleysville Group Insurance v. Heritage Communities, Inc., et al., — S.E.2d — , No. 2013-001281,...more