Insurance Industry, Manufacturers, Liability Insurance

PFAS and Other Emerging Alleged Contaminants Litigation: Mitigating Risk Through Insurance

K&L Gates LLP on 7/3/2024

The United States (US) has seen an explosion of litigation in recent years relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), referred to by some as “forever chemicals” because they are slow to degrade and can...more

Federal Court Issues Critical Opinion in PFAS Multidistrict Litigation

Maron Marvel on 12/5/2022

PFAS, also known as Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances can be found in numerous industrial products. In South Carolina, United States District Court Judge Gergel presides over the PFAS multidistrict litigation (MDL). The MDL...more

Environmental Closure Costs Are Covered! (And Are Not Ordinary Costs of Doing Business)

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 6/14/2019

Insurers have recently argued that environmental property damage claims for “closure” costs arising out of historic pollution are not covered, because the claimed damages are just “ordinary costs of doing business.”...more

Even Insurance Will Be Disrupted by Autonomous Vehicles

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/14/2019

There are long lists of industries that will be disrupted by Autonomous Vehicles. Not surprisingly, Insurance is expected to be one of them. Some see tremendous opportunities arising from the increase in Autonomous Vehicles....more

House Committee Considers Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Insurance Models

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/31/2018

• Limited access to autonomous vehicle operations data remains a key barrier to insurance companies’ development of adaptive insurance policies. • Representatives from the insurance industry support federal regulation of...more

Coverage for Fully Autonomous Vehicles under the Business Auto Coverage Form

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/5/2018

With the potential addition of autonomous cars and trucks to commercial fleets, commercial insureds should reassess coverage under their commercial auto, products liability, and cyber insurance policies. Automation,...more

Artificial Intelligence: A Grayish Area for Insurance Coverage

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 4/3/2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in industries from manufacturing to the medical profession. Developments in the last ten years have delivered AI technology, once a fiction reserved for the movies, to private...more

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