The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
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The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Dissecting the Solvency Capital Requirement
Best Practices for Negotiating Manuscript Exclusions
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights - Episode 1: A Primer for Providers When Insurance Companies Refuse to Pay
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Technical Provisions
D&O Insurance Myths (Part 2)
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV | Bad Faith Law
The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers
D&O Insurance Myths (Part 1)
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding the UK’s Matching Adjustment Regime
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Third Country Branches and Cross-Border Provision of Services
Standard Formula Podcast | Reinsurance and Risk Transfer: Risk Mitigation Under the Solvency II Regime
Hinshaw Releases Second Edition of Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV – Transaction Insurance Solutions
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding Insurance Resolution Regimes
The Risk Roundtable: Demystifying the Intersection Between NJ Workers' Comp & Employment Practice Liability
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Tax Insurance 101
Insurance for the Cannabis Industry: Risks & Challenges
In J&S Welding, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the U.S. Court of Appeals reviewed a summary judgment ruling in favor of co-defendant West American Insurance Company (“West American”), issued by the U.S. District...more
Being in a car accident can be a traumatic experience, particularly if there are serious personal injuries and/or significant damage to your car. Understanding the legal process in Florida is imperative to knowing your rights...more
Over the years, social media has developed and contributed a significant role in both the settlement and trial of personal injury cases. Social Media Posts Can be of Pivotal Importance - Courts across the country have toiled...more
The newest episode of the Subro Sessions podcast, hosted by associates, Ryan Bennett and Melissa Kenney, is entitled “Getting Control of an Accident Scene and Ensuring Evidence is Preserved.” Ryan and Melissa discuss fire...more
The United States Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a March 13th memorandum issues arising out of a boatyard operator’s insurance policies. See City of Los Angeles v. Traverlers Indemnity...more
Our economy depends on commercial trucking. In 2021, there were 13.86 million trucks registered, and they traveled a total of 327.48 billion miles in that year alone. In 2022, large trucks transported 72.6% of the total...more
Although discovery is costly, skipping it altogether can be far costlier. Indeed, in a recent case in the Second Circuit, an insurer’s decision to skip discovery likely led to it paying more than the insurer bargained for....more
At Home Auto Glass, LLC a/a/o James Franks v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Com., County Court, 9th Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Case No. 2020-SC-002807-O, Mar. 20, 2023 - This suit involved a potential...more
The trial court granted the insurer’s motion for final summary judgment and considered the affidavit of the corporate representative, as well as the attachment. According to the court, the corporate representative is an...more
Premises liability injury or “slip and fall” claims present substantial risk to insureds who have customers or guests in their business or on their property. However, not all premises liability claims are created equal. This...more
In recent years, the use of Google Earth’s satellite imagery has become an increasingly common method for locating or viewing specific addresses. Google Earth uses high-resolution cameras to obtain satellite images, which...more
Hinshaw is pleased to partner with the American Educational Institute and Society of Claim Law Associates for a presentation on Defending the Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI") Case - The Objective vs. The Subjective. Hinshaw...more
Texas practitioners can add a new term to their legal vocabulary: “the Monroe exception.” The Texas Supreme Court has finally weighed in on whether to create an exception to the eight corners rule when determining if an...more
On February 11, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court handed the insurance industry an overall victory in an inter-insurer dispute by recognizing an exception to the "eight corners rule" permitting insurers to rely upon extrinsic...more
Court Declines To Rescind Policy Based On Issues Of Fact As To Materiality Of Alleged Misrepresentations- Union Mutual disclaimed coverage for a fire loss at its insured’s restaurant and sought to rescind its policy based...more
The Texas Supreme Court has accepted certified questions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to clarify Texas’ eight-corners rule for determining the existence of a duty to defend....more
In Texas, and as a general rule, only the four corners of the policy and the four corners of the petition against the insured are relevant in deciding whether the duty to defend applies. Richards v. State Farm Lloyds,...more
A bad faith claim against an insurer often focuses as much on the process of a claims investigation as it does on the substance of a claims decision itself. If the coverage decision was wrong (but not unreasonable), and the...more
In June 2017, the NotPetya virus crippled many large companies including Merck and Mondelez (the manufacturer of Nabisco, Cadbury, and Toblerone). The aggregated losses, including property damage, operational disruptions, and...more
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. and Utica Mutual Insurance are headed to a bench trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York in a case regarding two facultative reinsurance certificates...more
“An insured owes an obligation to cooperate with its insurer. Generally, this duty to cooperate flows from a specific provision in the insurance contract, usually referred to as the ‘cooperation clause.’” However, even if...more
Respondent moved for an immediate stay of an arbitration of claims relating to the purchase of insurance and to vacate the panel’s interim award requiring the posting of pre-hearing security. Petitioner moved to confirm the...more
Two recent federal cases highlight the challenges practitioners face in presenting expert claims handling testimony in bad faith litigation under the Daubert standard. In the first case, a court excluded such expert testimony...more
Hit-and-run drivers don’t always hit; some motorists recklessly cause accidents without making contact, then vanish from the scene. Victims in such cases can often obtain coverage under the uninsured motorist (UM) provisions...more
In Cadle v. GEICO Ins. Co., Case No. 15-11283 (11th Cir. Sept. 30, 2016), the Eleventh Circuit held that GEICO had not acted in bad faith when it failed to settle a claim after the insured did not provide any evidence of...more