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September 2024 New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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Southern District Holds Insured Not Entitled To Judgment On Pleadings As To Duty To Defend Because Extrinsic Evidence May Show Duty Is Terminated- Color Techniques, Inc. (CTI) sold ingredients used in cosmetic formulations...more

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September 2024 Insurance Update

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In this month’s update, we discuss Russian-seized planes, Starbucks-caused traffic jams, a squabble over the use of a family name, a restaurant’s pandemic-based loss, a poorly built house, and whether insurance covers any of...more

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Policy Rescinded Based on Insured’s Material Misrepresentation in Renewal Application

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An Indiana federal court, applying Indiana law, has held that an insurer could rescind a claims-made-and-reported professional errors and omissions policy based on misrepresentations made by the insured in the policy renewal...more

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Texas Doubles Down on “Intent to Deceive” as Requirement to Void Insurance Policy

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The Texas Supreme Court reinforced common law precedent that insurers cannot avoid liability under an insurance policy based on a misrepresentation in an insurance application unless the insurer can establish that the insured...more

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Company’s Misrepresentations Warrant Policy Rescission Under Florida Law

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A Florida federal district court has held that an insurer is entitled to rescind a directors and officers (D&O) policy it issued to its insured due to the insured’s misrepresentation of material facts on its application for...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - September 29 2022

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Court Finds That Named Insured “Executed” Contract With Additional Insured, Triggering Duty To Defend- Stoncor, a flooring systems manufacturer, sent Surfacesys a proposed Master Installation Agreement to become an...more

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Insurance Update - April 2022

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Cases in our April Insurance Update address several questions: •Are costs incurred to comply with a subpoena covered? •What must an insured show to rebut the presumption of prejudice in a late notice situation? •What...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2021

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"The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of insurance coverage." So concluded the...more

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Whether Insured Misrepresented or Concealed Information in Application is a Fact Issue for Trial

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has held that, in an action to rescind a professional liability policy, a triable issue of fact existed regarding whether an insured misrepresented or...more

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The Building Blocks of Materiality

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Representations and warranties play an important role in M&A agreements by providing valuable disclosures and allocating risks between the parties. Representations regarding the target company’s financial statements are...more

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Failure to Cooperate and Misrepresentation: New York Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment Finding Insured Explanations for False...

While issues of fact can preclude summary judgment in some cases involving failure to cooperate and misrepresentation, a New York federal court recently granted summary judgment to an insurer in this context. ...more

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