The First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the New York Convention applies to an insurance arbitration dispute between a Puerto Rican company and Lloyd’s of London and that the convention preempts a Puerto Rican law...more
6/21/2023
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
International Arbitration ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lloyds of London ,
McCarran-Ferguson Act ,
Motion to Compel ,
New York Convention ,
Preemption ,
Puerto Rico
The D.C. Circuit recently affirmed a judgment in favor of reinsurers in a suit brought by an insured after concluding that the insured could not assert breach of contract and related claims against the reinsurers because the...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected a reinsurer’s denial of a claim. The court disagreed with the reinsurer’s position than exhaustion language had not been satisfied, and found the...more
A year ago, we wrote about a rapidly emerging area of insurance litigation in Connecticut: crumbling foundations. As a quick recap, tens of thousands of homes in northeastern Connecticut built over a span of more than 30...more
12/9/2019
/ Construction Defects ,
CT Supreme Court ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Homeowners ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Damage ,
Property Insurance ,
Real Estate Market
In July 2018, we wrote about an interesting decision out of the Southern District of New York in which a court rejected a claim that an exclusion did not apply because a recycling bin on wheels was a “vehicle” under the...more
A New York Supreme Court recently explained the conditions that qualify and disqualify a proposed umpire. National Union Fire Insurance and Enstar could not agree on an umpire for their asbestos-claim-related arbitration. ...more
The California Court of Appeal (Fourth District) recently rejected a dissatisfied litigant’s attempt to relitigate an arbitration decision that went against it to the tune of more than $18 million....more
A federal judge in Connecticut recently dismissed claims against insurers related to their denial of a claim by two homeowners whose home’s foundation was crumbling. The case, Hyde v. Allstate Ins. Co., No. 3:18-cv-00031 (D....more
A federal judge recently refused an insured’s attempt to escape a policy exclusion by contending that a large “storage bin” on wheels was a “vehicle” under an exception to the exclusion, which prohibited coverage for costs...more