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McGuireWoods LLP

North Carolina Supreme Court Provides Guidance to Policyholders Attempting to Maximize Insurance Coverage for Long-Tail Claims

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When seeking insurance coverage for “long-tail” mass tort and environmental claims that involve alleged exposures and injuries spanning multiple years, businesses often look to their occurrence-based commercial general...more

Venable LLP

Defense Costs for Long-Tail Claims: Making the Most of Your Insurance Coverage

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Long-tail claims involve continuous or progressive injuries that occur over the course of multiple years. Often these claims occur in the context of long-latency diseases, such as those arising from asbestos exposure, or...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Part Six: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments

This is the sixth installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry. Lead Paint - Coverage issues relating to the $400...more

Locke Lord LLP

Maryland Joins State Supreme Courts Endorsing Pro Rata Allocation for Long-Tail Losses

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The high court of Maryland has endorsed pro rata allocation under CGL policies in an asbestos bodily injury case, affirming the lower court and stating that “[t]he pro rata allocation approach—a longstanding precedent adopted...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

A Recent “Event” in Wisconsin: Appellate Court Rules That a Commonly Used London Market “Occurrence” Definition Is Ambiguous

In recent years, Wisconsin generally has been a pro-policyholder jurisdiction when it comes to long-tail environmental coverage cases. That trend continues with a decision by a Wisconsin appellate court in a case involving...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

New York’s Highest Court Delivers a Blow to Policyholders in Allocation of Long-Tail Liability Coverage

The conflict between policyholders and insurers over “long-tail” insurance coverage took an unfortunate turn with a recent decision by the New York Court of Appeals on the issue of allocation for long-tail claims. On March...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

New York High Court Rules on “Unavailability Exception” to Pro Rata Allocation in Long-Tail Environmental Coverage Case

The New York Court of Appeals ruled last week that if an insurance policy provides for pro rata allocation to determine the insurance coverage responsibility for environmental contamination spanning multiple policy periods,...more

White and Williams LLP

New York Court of Appeals Rejects Unavailability Exception to Pro Rata Allocation

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On March 27, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals issued its widely anticipated decision in Keyspan Gas East Corp. v. Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. The issue before the court was whether New York law supports the adoption...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Keep Viking Pump in Your Long-Tail Claim Toolbox

“Long-tail” claims involve personal injury or property damage from alleged exposure to injury-causing products, such as asbestos or PFCs, over a number of years and multiple policy periods. Courts in various jurisdictions use...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Lost Insurance Policy? Pursuing Coverage for Long-Tail Environmental Liability Still Feasible

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Companies facing environmental cleanup liability typically confront claims that are brought multiple decades after the alleged polluting activity took place. This passage of time often results in the loss or disappearance of...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Connecticut Appeals Court Adopts Continuous Trigger Theory; Recognizes the Unavailability of Insurance Rule without an Equitable...

On March 7, the Connecticut Appellate Court handed a victory to policyholders seeking insurance for long-tail liabilities. The court adopted both a continuous trigger for asbestos-related disease claims and an unavailability...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New York High Court Applies All Sums Allocation To Long-Tail Claims Under Certain Insurance Policies

The New York Court of Appeals recently answered two certified questions from the Delaware Supreme Court concerning insurance allocation, and the Court’s answers may impact significantly policyholders litigating “long-tail”...more

Cozen O'Connor

New York’s Highest Court Creates Exception to Pro Rata Allocation

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On May 3, 2016, the New York Court of Appeals answered two certified questions posed by the Delaware Supreme Court regarding the appropriate allocation method for long-tail claims among successive excess carriers. The first...more

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California Declares New Rules for Assignment of Long Tail Claims

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Last week, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of California changed the law governing anti-assignment provisions in liability insurance policies. Twelve years ago, in Henkel Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity...more

K&L Gates LLP

IMO Industries Tackles New Jersey Law on Host of Insurance Coverage Issues

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On September 30, 2014, New Jersey’s Appellate Division ruled on a bevy of insurance coverage issues in the long-tail liability context, including exhaustion of primary policies, application of policy limits to multi-year and...more

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