Insurance Industry, Errors and Omissions Policy, Denial of Insurance Coverage

No E&O Coverage for Settlement of Illinois State Governmental Investigation

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/9/2024

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, applying Illinois law, has held that an E&O policy does not afford coverage for a settlement with two government agencies, including the payment of fines...more

Appealed Trial Court Conviction Qualifies as “Final Adjudication”

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/31/2022

Applying New York law, the Southern District of New York concluded that a trial court judgment qualified as a “final adjudication” even though it was under appeal....more

Insured Cannot Amend Complaint to Add Bad Faith Claim Where Coverage Issue is “Debatable”

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/6/2022

Applying Minnesota law, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota has denied an insured’s motion to amend its coverage litigation complaint to add a claim for bad faith, holding that coverage under the...more

No E&O Coverage for Title Agent's Phishing Losses

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers on 12/7/2020

A New Jersey federal district court recently ruled that there was no coverage under a title agent's errors and omissions policy for losses resulting from an email phishing scam. In Authentic Title Services, Inc. v. Greenwich...more

Extending Liability Coverage By Providing Notice of Circumstances

Bowditch & Dewey on 5/8/2020

Litigation concerning COVID-19 has already begun. A number of lawsuits have been filed against cruise lines alleging that they were negligent by operating with infected passengers and crew members and failing to screen...more

Eleventh Circuit Defers to Insurer’s Definition of Professional Services

White and Williams LLP on 6/7/2019

Does an Errors & Omissions (E&O) insurer have a duty to defend its insured mental healthcare provider when the policyholder was not licensed to provide such mental health counseling services? The Eleventh Circuit recently...more