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Insurance Considerations for Insurers and Businesses Following Heavy UAE Rainfall

In light of the recent heavy rainfall in the UAE, both insurers and businesses must understand the legal framework outlined in Federal Law No. 5/1985 on Civil Transactions Law or Civil Code. This law provides comprehensive...more

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Recent Regulatory Developments Impacting the Insurance Sector in Québec

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Over the past few months, there have been a number of regulatory developments in Québec which will have an important impact on the insurance sector. These include: (i) clarifications on how new French language requirements...more

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Young Lawyers: Raising the Bar - Preventing and Defending Bad Faith Lawsuits

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Bad Faith in Context - Bad faith most commonly arises in one of three different contexts: (1) in a claim that an insured brings against its own insurer; (2) in a claim that a third-party makes against a policyholder that...more

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Interpleader Insufficient to Erase Extra-Contractual Exposure

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In states that haven’t passed safe harbor legislation, multiple claimants and insufficient limit claims pose certain challenges to insurers in the claims handling stage. Numerous claimants competing for severely limited...more

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[Webinar] Reinsurance 101: An Overview of Important Concepts - June 18th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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While reinsurance deals with some of the most complex risks in the insurance system, understanding reinsurance doesn’t have to be complex. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Bruce Engel and Larry Mason as they present an overview...more

Marshall Dennehey

Take a Closer Look: The Precise Language of an Out-of-State Coverage Provision Leads To Varying Results

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Key Points: Where the language in an insurance contract is plain and unambiguous, the courts must interpret the terms of the contract according to their plain meaning as written....more

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IVASS consults again to review the regulatory framework governing unit and index linked products

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On 28 March 2024, IVASS launched a second public consultation on a draft regulation regarding unit and linked insurance products. The purpose of the draft regulation is to lay down the rules aimed at updating, in line with...more

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[Webinar] When and How to Tender a Claim - April 18th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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How can you realize the many benefits of tendering a claim in the most efficient, effective way possible? In this free, interactive webinar, Goldberg Segalla partners Sarah J. Delaney and Lisa M. Only will provide the tools...more

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[Webinar] An Ohio Primer: Critical Insurance Coverage Issues in the Buckeye State - April 9th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Ohio presents unique challenges to practitioners handling insurance claims in the state. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Michael A. Hamilton and Sean P. Hvisdas as they host a live, interactive webinar on some of the most...more

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How Several U.S. Supreme Court Cases This Term Will Significantly Impact Insurers

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

ASKramer Law

Weather & Climate Risk Management Part III: Regulation of Weather Risk Management Products

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Are there differences in the way in which derivatives and insurance contracts are regulated? Yes. Weather derivatives and insurance contracts are subject to totally different regulatory regimes. Derivatives are subject to the...more

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Recent law provisions and regulatory measures impacting the Italian insurance sector

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The Italian Budget Law for 2024 introduced important measures that will have an impact on the insurance business. As to the non-life insurance sector, it is provided an obligation for Italian enterprises and branches of...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Choice-of-Law Provisions in Marine Insurance Contracts

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In a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on February 21, 2024, that choice-of-law clauses in marine insurance contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal maritime law. These clauses should be enforced unless...more

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“Raiders of the Lost Ark”: SCOTUS Sides with Great Lakes, Reverses Raiders’ Win in Maritime Case

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Under Federal Admiralty Law, Choice-of-Law Provisions in Maritime Contracts are Presumptively Enforceable - A battle between federal maritime law and state insurance rules was decided today by the highest court when the...more

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[Event] Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar - June 12th - 14th, Nashville, TN

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​​​​​​​DRI’s Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar is the preeminent program for insurance executives, claims professionals, and outside counsel who specialize in bad faith insurance litigation. When bad...more

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IVASS proposes amendments to simplify the pre-contractual distributor and product disclosures

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IVASS has recently launched a public consultation on a draft regulation providing amendments and integrations to its existing regulations on insurance and reinsurance distribution and on information, advertising and designing...more

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[Event] Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute - March 13th - 15th, Chicago, IL

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Join us this March in Chicago at DRI’s flagship seminar for insurance executives, claim professionals, and outside counsel. The 2024 Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute promises to provide an array of outstanding speakers...more

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Standard Formula Podcast | Reinsurance and Risk Transfer: Risk Mitigation Under the Solvency II Regime

In the second episode of the Back to Basics series, “Standard Formula” podcast host and insurance partner Rob Chaplin is joined by colleague Imad Mohammed Nazar to discuss reinsurance and risk transfer, including how...more

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[Webinar] A Pennsylvania Primer: Critical Insurance Coverage Issues in the Keystone State - November 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Pennsylvania presents unique challenges to practitioners handling insurance claims in the state. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Michael A. Hamilton, Colleen E. Hayes and Sean P. Hvisdas as they host a live, interactive...more

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S.D.N.Y. Finds Arbitration Clause in Insurance Contract Unenforceable, Following Second Circuit Precedent that the...

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Two recent decisions from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York highlight the split among circuits on whether state insurance laws that prohibit arbitration of insurance and reinsurance...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Tort Choice-of-Law Principles Apply to Bad Faith Claims

In a recent decision, the Ohio Supreme Court held that Section 145 of the Restatement of the Law 2d, Conflict of Laws must be applied when determining the state law applicable to an insured’s bad faith claim. Noting that bad...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Tendered a Notice of Claim to Your Insurer? Don't Forget to Tender the Lawsuit, Too

When it comes to insurance contracts, the devil is often in the details, as a recent Oregon Court of Appeals case illustrated. In The Final Table, LLC v. Acceptance Casualty Insurance Co., an individual was seriously injured...more

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Should You Require a Specific Endorsement Naming Your Client as an Additional Insured?

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Additional Insured’s Action Against Insurer Dismissed for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction - The takeaway of this article is for you to consider updating your clients' insurance requirements to require a specific additional...more

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[Webinar] D&O Insurance Trends Looking Ahead to 2024 - September 26th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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The softening D&O market has continued into 2023, with 91% of our clients experiencing a cost reduction in their renewal in the first half of the year. Self-insured retentions have also continued to fall. The soft market is a...more

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[Webinar] Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2023 - September 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Join Goldberg Segalla’s Ashlyn M. Capote and Adam R. Durst for an interactive webinar regarding how courts interpret the relationship between commercial general liability and business auto policies. Ashlyn and Adam will...more

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