Commercial Insurance Policies

Insurers: Does Your Policy Contain a Broadly Worded EIFS Exclusion? If You’re in Washington, You Might Be in Luck!

by Aaron Mandel, Stevi Raab | Sedgwick LLP on 4/30/2013

Recently, Washington courts have issued a number of opinions resolving a variety of issues against insurers. For instance, the Washington Supreme Court presumed that there is no attorney-client privilege in a bad-faith suit...more

How to Read an Insurance Policy

by Miriam Smolen, Ivan Snyder | Gilbert LLP on 4/16/2013

While insurance policies may look the same in structure at first glance, each policy is unique and contains terms, conditions, and definitions that may be different from other policies. Many insurers will utilize a standard...more

Twin Towers: Two Events, Two Occurrences under English law

by Alex Potts | Sedgwick LLP on 2/18/2013

In the recent case of Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company Ltd v Heraldglen Ltd & Advent Capital (No 3) Ltd [2013] EWHC 154 (Comm), 8 February 2013, the English Commercial Court upheld an arbitration tribunal’s award that the...more

Auto Notes -- February 2013

by Michael R. Kelley, Elizabeth Mullaugh | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/11/2013

In This Issue: "Insuring Your Dealership: Do I Really Need Garage Liability and Garagekeeper's Insurance?" and "The American Taxpayer Relief Act"...more

A Supplemental Whitepaper Addressing Sandy’s Impact on Commercial and Residential Property Owners and Construction Companies

by Josh Greenbaum, F. Jacoby, John McDonough | Cozen O'Connor on 1/23/2013

Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall near Atlantic City, N.J. on October 29, 2012, brought virtually unprecedented destruction to a large swath of the northeastern United States including, in particular, coastal New Jersey,...more

Was That Really an “Accident”?: Northern District of California Reiterates What Constitutes an “Accident” Under a Commercial...

by Benjamin Shiftan | Sedgwick LLP on 1/15/2013

In Alco Iron & Metal Co. v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co., No. 11-5181 CW, 2012 WL 5878391 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2012), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary...more

2 Steps to Minimize Your Company’s Risk

by Donna Ray Berkelhammer | Sands Anderson PC on 1/8/2013

A lot of what lawyers do is look for risks in our clients’ businesses and figure out how to minimize them. Aside from forming an entity to separate your personal assets from your business assets, the two best things you can...more

Governmental Actions That May Assist Insurance Recovery for Superstorm Sandy Claims

by Lynda A. Bennett, Andrew S. Zimmerman | Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 12/21/2012

Following the widespread destruction caused by “Superstorm Sandy,” the governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency and issued numerous emergency executive orders and directives. Some of these orders have...more

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