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Denial of Insurance Coverage Professional Liability Insurance Exclusions

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Lending Exclusion in Bankers Professional Liability Policy Bars Coverage For Claim Alleging Financing a Ponzi Scheme

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The United States District Court for the Central District of California, applying California law, has held that a lending exclusion in a bankers professional liability policy barred coverage for underlying lawsuits alleging...more

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California Court Finds Insolvency Exclusion Ambiguous, Limits Application to Insolvency of Third Parties Other Than Claimant

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A California federal district court, applying California law, has held that an insolvency exclusion in a bankers’ professional liability policy did not bar coverage for a lawsuit filed by a receiver against a bank, finding...more

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Prior Knowledge Provisions Barred Coverage for Malpractice Claim Based on Pre-Policy Sanctions and Default Judgment

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The Montana Supreme Court has held that there was no coverage under a lawyers professional liability policy for a client’s malpractice claim because the lawyer knew of and failed to disclose, prior to the insured law firm’s...more

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