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The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement
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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
The Standard Formula Podcast | International Association of Insurance Supervisors: Who They Are and Their Industry Impact
Should a contractor’s Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance policy cover the expense of uncovering defective work causing damage to the owner’s property as well as the costs of exposing or accessing damaged building...more
Additional Insured’s Action Against Insurer Dismissed for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction - The takeaway of this article is for you to consider updating your clients' insurance requirements to require a specific additional...more
Second Circuit Finds That Subcontract Did Not Incorporate GC’s Obligation To Obtain Additional Insured Coverage For Owners And That GC’s Primary Policy Was Primary To GC’s Additional Insured Coverage Under Sub’s Umbrella...more
The insureds, a country club and motorcycle group, held an annual motorcycle rally. They were sued by two motorcycle riders who were struck by an automobile as the riders and automobile were entering the premises of the club...more
There are several emerging trends in 2023 concerning construction component manufacturers. 1. Tendering to and/or Adding Subs and Suppliers to Claims/Cases/Matters The most notable trend specific to manufacturers is...more
Presented by Jonathan A. Cass on April 27, 2021. Construction projects are dangerous places—people get hurt and property gets damaged. Whether you are a general contractor, a construction manager, or a subcontractor, it is...more
Kenneth Jacobson was injured on a construction site, and he sued the owner of the premises and the general contractor (“GC”). The owner and GC filed a third-party action for contribution against a subcontractor insured by...more
Construction projects are dangerous places—people get hurt and property gets damaged. Whether you are a general contractor, a construction manager, or a subcontractor, it is imperative that you understand the importance of...more
Join Sherman & Howard for our annual Construction Law Seminar, featuring presentations on the latest legal developments facing the industry. This virtual seminar is ideal for general contractors, subcontractors, real estate...more
A homeowner’s insurer sought to recover amounts the homeowner insurer paid with respect to construction and renovation work performed on a home (two combined residential co-op units) from the CGL carrier of a general...more
Once a remote health issue in China, the rapidly spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) has become not only a global health concern but also potentially a global economic disruptor that could impact nearly every industry. The...more
McMillin Homes Constr., Inc. v. National Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 35 Cal.App.5th 1042 (2019); Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal, Division One, Case No. D074219 (June 5, 2019). McMillin Homes Construction, Inc....more
Massachusetts Appeals Court Gets It Right – Mostly - Hot on the heels of the Federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in MTI, Inc. v. Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, __ F.3d __, 2019 WL 321423 (10th Cir....more
We do not often write about coverage opinions from jurisdictions as far away as Oklahoma; however, a recent case from the Federal Tenth Circuit looked at one of our favorite topics and came out with a much better reasoned...more
In Ins. Co. of St. of PA v. Amer. Safety Indemnity Co. (No. B283684, filed 3/1/19) (“ICSOP”), a California appeals court rejected one insurer’s efforts to limit the scope of another insurer’s direct action as a judgment...more
Contractors always should put their insurers on notice of a potentially covered claim as soon as possible. In many states, an insured typically will not be denied coverage for the late notice of a claim if there is no...more
Satterfield & Pontikes Constr., Inc. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21488 (5th Cir. Aug. 2, 2018) - This case arises out of an excess insurance provider’s refusal to cover damages incurred by the...more
In recent years, courts in several states have held that a general contractor's commercial general liability ("CGL") insurance policy may provide coverage for damage caused by a subcontractor's defective construction work....more
Legislative changes - The Constitution of Business - On 30 April 2018, the so-called Constitution of Business enters into force (with the reservation of a small number of provisions entering into force at later dates)....more
Imagine you hired a general contractor to renovate the master bathroom of your home. The general contractor hired a subcontractor to do the plumbing work, but the subcontractor botched the job, resulting in a massive leak...more
Owners and contractors typically who require firms they hire to have liability insurance, and name them as additional insureds in case they ever get sued for what the hired firm did wrong, but they can often get a rude...more
In Pulte Home Corp. v. American Safety Indemnity Co. (No. D070478; filed 8/30/17), a California appeals court found that manuscript additional insured endorsements on construction subcontractors’ policies were ambiguous...more
On February 17, the First District Appellate Court issued an opinion regarding the Implied Warranty of Habitability in the case of Sienna Court Condominium Association v. Champion Aluminum Court et al. The opinion involved...more
Contractors are often required to contractually indemnify and defend owner's engineers and architects, and include them as additional insureds on liability insurance policies. However, a recent federal case demonstrated the...more
In Advent v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., etc. (No. H041934 filed 12/6/16), a California appeals court refused to order a subcontractor’s excess insurer to contribute to a general contractor’s excess insurer because the...more