Scott Seaman, Co-Chair of Hinshaw’s global Insurance Services Practice Group, is joined by Hilary Harmsworth and Sam Vardy of Howden Insurance Brokers to introduce a new fifty-state survey on U.S. bad faith law and to briefly...more
Insurers are impacted in many ways by the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court decisions, but very rarely does the Supreme Court wade into decisions directly involving insurance contracts or the rights of insurers. This term,...more
3/29/2024
/ Chapter 11 ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Debtors ,
Fraud Prevention ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Maritime Transport ,
Policy Terms ,
Reorganizations ,
SCOTUS
"Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey," examines issues of significance to insurance claims professionals and lawyers making decisions about properly responding to complaints tendered for a defense under the laws of each of...more
A new Illinois law that aims to increase jury awards demonstrates that juries are not the only culprits of social inflation. Certainly, juries can render nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts, disregard jury instructions, place...more
The increased frequency and severity of weather events have been felt globally, but California, Louisiana, and Florida are among the U.S. states that have been hit particularly hard. In response, three of the four biggest...more
Updated Social Inflation Survival Guide -
Insurance professionals and counsel deal with it on a daily basis, plaintiffs' personal injury lawyers are driving and benefiting from it, consumers and policyholders are paying...more
After a brief abatement due to pandemic-related litigation delays and court closures, social inflation returned with a vengeance replete with numerous nuclear jury verdicts. Although a case in any state is capable of...more
2/28/2023
/ Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
D&O Insurance ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
PFAS ,
Popular
This White Paper takes a comprehensive look at social inflation, identifying the causes, scope, and costs of social inflation. It also examines the risks and challenges insurers and their policyholders confront as a result...more
Scott Seaman—Chicago-based partner and co-chair of Hinshaw's Global Insurance Services Practice Group—hosts Miami-based Hinshaw partner Daniel Shatz in a discussion about new Florida legislation, which aims to address the...more
6/23/2022
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Bad Faith ,
Contingency Fees ,
Deductibles ,
First-Party Coverage ,
Florida ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
New Legislation ,
Property Insurance
On March 22, 2022, the Supreme Court of New York Appellate Division, First Department reversed a trial court order which had held an insurer—ordered to accept service on behalf of a defunct policyholder—was liable for the...more
As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2022, things are still looking good for insurers in the COVID-19 coverage litigation battle.
The issuance of various governmental orders requiring businesses to temporarily...more
In a highly anticipated decision delivered on March 14, 2022, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected a policyholder's attempt to hold an insurance director personally liable under sections 10-3-1115 to -1116, C.R.S. (2021) for...more
This is the seventh and final installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry.
Some key decisions impacting the D&O and securities law...more
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
3/15/2022
/ Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Lead Paint ,
Long-Tail Claims ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Professional Liability ,
Professional Liability Insurance ,
Public Nuisance ,
Sexual Abuse
COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage Litigation -
This is the third installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry. The issuance...more
2/15/2022
/ Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Insurance
Social Inflation -
This is the second installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry.
Social inflation continues to be a major...more
In 2016, Best's Review published our article titled "The Bellefonte Cap Returns." As we explained, the Cap stemmed from the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1990 in Bellefonte Reinsurance Co. v....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a policyholder’s COVID-19 insurance coverage action in Santo’s Italian Café LLC v. Acuity Insurance Co., No. 21-3068 (6th Cir. Sept. 22,...more
9/27/2021
/ Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Loss Coverage ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Damage
The Seventh Circuit has affirmed a ruling by an Illinois federal district court, holding that an "Information Laws" exclusion bars coverage for an insured dental services company's TCPA claim. Mesa Laboratories, Inc. v....more
Join us for Hinshaw's Webinar Series: Insurance Insights – What Insurers Need to Know in 2021. This series will feature insurance thought leaders from Hinshaw and RPC, presenting on the most pressing insurance claims topics...more
4/13/2021
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Insurance Agents ,
Insurance Brokers ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Misuse of Information ,
Remote Working ,
Webinars
Join us for Hinshaw's Webinar Series: Insurance Insights – What Insurers Need to Know in 2021. This series will feature insurance thought leaders from Hinshaw and RPC, presenting on the most pressing insurance claims topics...more
4/13/2021
/ Construction Contracts ,
Construction Defects ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Litigation ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Insurance Agents ,
Insurance Brokers ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Property Damage ,
Reservation of Rights ,
Webinars
Join us for Hinshaw's Webinar Series: Insurance Insights – What Insurers Need to Know in 2021. This series will feature insurance thought leaders from Hinshaw and RPC, presenting on the most pressing insurance claims topics...more
4/13/2021
/ Bodily Injury ,
Burden of Proof ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Civil Authority Coverage ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
First-Party Coverage ,
Ingress/Egress ,
Insurance Agents ,
Insurance Brokers ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Pollution Exclusion ,
Property Damage ,
Third-Party ,
Webinars
Join us for Hinshaw's Webinar Series: Insurance Insights – What Insurers Need to Know in 2021. This series will feature insurance thought leaders from Hinshaw and RPC, presenting on the most pressing insurance claims topics...more
A California federal court has ruled that an insured's misrepresentation in a Statement of No Loss in support of reinstatement of its liability insurance policy provided the basis to rescind the policy reinstatement, but not...more
A Missouri federal district court became the second court within the past 15 months to consider whether a state's public policy overrides an insurance policy's choice of law provision. Maritz Holdings v. Certain Underwriters...more