AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 4: What to Do When Insurance Companies Deny Behavioral Health Claims
Best Practices for Negotiating Manuscript Exclusions
Coverage Issues Arising Out of Assault and Battery Claims
Long-Term Effects of Russia/Ukraine on Insurance
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 3 – Breaking the Log Jam
Cyberside Chats: There is a war in Europe. What does that mean for your cyber insurance policy?
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 2 – What Goes on in Mediation?
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 1 – Preparing For The Mediation
Out With a Bang: Current State of Play on Coverage for COVID-Related Losses
Settling a Claim: Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
NGE OnDemand: The Importance of Timely Reporting Occurrences, Claims and Suits to Insurers with Paul Walker-Bright
Lowenstein’s New Insurance Recovery Podcast Series, “Don’t Take No for an Answer”
Ledgers and Law: Roadblocks Facing the Cannabis Industry
Subro Sense - The ABC's of RCV and ACV
WEBINAR: COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Class Actions
What to Do When Your Insurance Carrier Says No: How to Protect Yourself from Coverage Denials
In Farage v. Associated Ins. Mgt. Corp., 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 05875 (Nov. 26, 2024) (here), the New York Court of Appeals examined the enforceability of an insurance contract’s two-year suit limitation period. In a 4-3...more
In the ongoing case of Tony v. Evanston Insurance Co., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently issued a ruling denying a motion to dismiss filed by defendant Evanston Insurance Co. in which it...more
Does the business harm caused by COVID-19 qualify as “direct physical loss” for insurance purposes? In Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, Index No. 655755/2021, Commercial Division Justice Robert R....more
Contract Interpretation McCruter v. Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co., 11th Dist. Lake No. 2019-L-167, 2021-Ohio-472- In this appeal, the Eleventh Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part the lower court’s...more
The Holding - In Chattanooga Prof’l Baseball LLC, v. Nat’l Cas. Co., 2020 WL 6699480 (D. Ariz. Nov. 13, 2020) (Order), the Arizona District Court held that a “Virus Exclusion” clearly precluded insurance coverage for losses...more
Insurers across the nation continue to file motions to dismiss COVID-19 cases brought by policyholders on three primary grounds: 1. there is no” physical loss or damage” to the covered property, 2. there is no “prohibition...more
Approximately 1,300 COVID-19 business interruption and civil authority insurance coverage cases are working their way through federal and state courts throughout the country. Decisions continue to be rendered and tracking...more
This 20th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, finds both plaintiffs and defendants with reasons to celebrate. Insurance carriers avoided consolidation of coverage disputes in...more
Your client wants to recover damages for breach of contract and demands that you assert as many causes of action as possible. In addition to the breach cause of action, you consider a declaratory judgment claim, right? ...more
In this case, the ceding company, VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group Ltd. (“VIP”), brought an action in Florida federal court against its reinsurer, BF&M Life Insurance Company Ltd. (“BF&M”), and International Reinsurance...more
On March 1, a New York appeals court ruled that American International Group, Inc. (AIG) need not defend Carfax, Inc. against a $50 million suit alleging the company monopolized the vehicle history report market. ...more
In a recent opinion, Judge Schmehl of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a forced placed insurer’s Motion to Dismiss a suit brought by the assignee of a homeowner for water damage to the home. In Williams v....more
In Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. v. Rogers, 2017 WL 3634593, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina considered a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction in an action...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard oral argument in Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company, a case raising the issue of whether an exclusion for invasion of privacy claims in a directors and...more
Ski Manufacturer Chills Bode Miller's Comeback - World champion skier and six-time Olympic medalist Samuel "Bode" Miller had his eye on coming out of retirement for the 2016-17 season before a contract dispute with his...more
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut recently reaffirmed its ruling that the term “collapse,” as defined by a homeowners insurance policy, is unambiguous and that the policy in question did not...more
It is well-established that claim processing and wrongful denial of coverage disputes involving federal flood insurance policies belong in federal court because they present substantial questions of federal law. The U.S....more