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Security First Insurance Company v. Linda Visca and Silvio Visca, No. 4D2023-0961, June 5, 2024 - On February 20, 2020, the defendant was notified of the plaintiffs’ September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma claim. The policy stated...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, applying California law, has held that a strict compliance standard applies to satisfying the notice requirement under a claims-made-and-reported policy. The insured...more
A federal district court, applying Washington law, has held that coverage for a claim was barred because an insured failed to provide notice within the claim-made policy’s reporting deadline. In November 2017, the insured...more
The Texas Legislature this year adopted House Bill 1900, which amends the notice requirements for non-renewal and policy changes in Texas Insurance Code Section 551.105. The statutory changes, effective Sept. 1, increase the...more
The Colorado Attorney General recently released the second set of draft regulations to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). In this draft, the AG is seeking specific input on five different topics. There are also a number of...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Hanover Ins. Co. v. R.W. Dunteman Co., 2022 WL 13769371, --- F.4th --- (7th Cir. Oct. 24, 2022), recently interpreted Illinois law on the aggregation provisions in a claims...more
A headline-grabbing case regarding race in the college admissions process at an elite university, appealed all the way to the United States Supreme Court, is the type of nightmare scenario that might inspire an educational...more
On January 7, 2022, the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a decision concerning whether two insurance companies provided sufficient and timely notice to its Insured regarding the exclusion of coverage for Telephone Consumer...more
In a matter of first impression, a Kentucky appellate court held that the notice-prejudice rule does not apply to claims-made-and-reported policies. Darwin Nat’l Assurance Co. v. Kentucky State Univ., 2021 WL 1045716 (Ky....more
The “notice-prejudice rule,” often applied in the context of occurrence-type policies, requires an insurer to prove that the insured’s late notice of a claim has substantially prejudiced its ability to investigate the...more
The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division has held that, under New York Insurance Law § 3420(a)(5), an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify a personal injury action where the insured failed to provide notice of the...more
Proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis have issued their annual updated proxy voting guidelines for the upcoming 2021 proxy season. Glass Lewis’s new guidelines apply to shareholder meetings on or after January 1, 2021,...more
Insurance policies are legal documents. In the event of a dispute, their scope and meaning will be submitted to a court or arbitrator for interpretation. Most brokers are not attorneys. Most risk managers are not attorneys....more
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
As companies scramble to mitigate losses arising from government shelter-in-place directives intended to halt the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the insurance world has focused on business interruption coverage disputes and...more
No pandemic has impacted the global and US economies on such a scale in so short a period of time as COVID-19. The effects of the virus and business disruptions are being felt across all industry sectors. ...more
We are living in a state of uncertainty. As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic spreads, many state and local authorities are issuing orders to limit social gatherings, temporarily close schools and some businesses —...more
Many contracts include a choice-of-law provision in which the parties agree to use a particular jurisdiction’s set of laws to govern the contract. These provisions promote predictability. No matter where a dispute may arise...more
In Pitzer College v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company, the California Supreme Court resolved two previously open questions in insurance law: (1) it concluded that the notice-prejudice rule is a fundamental public policy of...more
Michigan’s law for car insurance cancellation for non-payment provides important protection for drivers who may be at risk of being denied No-Fault insurance coverage due to nonpayment. ...more
In answering two questions posed to it by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court on August 29, 2019, addressed two significant issues: 1) whether California’s common law notice-prejudice rule is a...more
Previously, we reported an important ruling of first impression by the Delaware Superior Court that a shareholder appraisal action against Pillsbury’s client Solera Holdings Inc. was a “Securities Claim” under Solera’s...more
When a company receives a claim or lawsuit, it is critical to provide timely notice to its insurers. But when the claim is first made, sufficient facts may not yet be known to indicate which policy will respond. Many policies...more
Texas has finally enacted statutory reforms specifically designed to combat abusive insurance litigation. Enacted primarily in response to hailstorm lawsuits, the scope of the reforms are much broader. Effective September 1,...more