Evolving climate change data presents an ominous trend that has the potential to upend historical assumptions of actuarial science. For example, in the last several years global risk markets have weathered historically...more
7/23/2021
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In State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Robert Charles Justus (Case No. 47913-3-II), the Washington Court of Appeals (Division II) ruled on three important issues for insurers relating to bad faith actions. The first issue...more
In a significant decision interpreting one of the most frequently litigated exclusions in the world of D&O insurance, the Eighth Circuit recently ruled that an Insured vs. Insured exclusion applied to an insured director’s...more
The Supreme Court of Washington recently held that the attorney-client privilege does not protect a corporation’s attorney’s communications with former employees of the corporation, even if the communications concern events...more