A January 15, 2021, decision from the UK’s highest court spells good news for English policyholders. In The Financial Conduct Authority v. Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd., and others, UKSC 2020/0177, the Court held that 21 insurance...more
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Two recent COVID-19 insurance decisions highlight how different interpretations of the same few policy words can result in one policyholder losing the coverage for which it paid. In Henderson Road Restaurant Systems, Inc. v....more
Policyholders are hailing two recent victories in their pursuit of insurance coverage for COVID-related business interruption losses. A North Carolina court granted a policyholder summary judgment that a commercial property...more
During the days and weeks following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, protests erupted in every state across the country. Although most of these protests remained peaceful, there were...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued an Opinion that, although unrelated to insurance, provides helpful language to which policyholders and their counsel likely will cite in support of arguments for insurance...more
Lawmakers in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts have proposed legislation confirming that property policies’ business interruption coverage extends to losses attributable to the coronavirus pandemic and social...more