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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Forum Selection Clause in Services Agreement Between Insurer and Reinsurance Broker to Be Valid...

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In Housing & Redevelopment Insurance Exchange v. Guy Carpenter & Co., a Pennsylvania federal court considered the enforceability of a forum selection clause in a services agreement between Pennsylvania-based insurer Housing...more

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D&O and Professional Liability 2023: A Year in Review

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The past year once again saw a breadth of court decisions addressing a wide variety of directors and officers and professional liability insurance coverage issues. At various levels, state and federal courts across the...more

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English Court Decides COVID-19 is a “Catastrophe”

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The English Court has, for the first time, considered the meaning of a “catastrophe”, as well as how Hours Clauses work in the context of non-damage business interruption losses claimed under two Property Catastrophe Excess...more

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A Changing Litigation Climate

Amid his blather during the Chiefs-Bills game on Sunday night, Tony Romo made an insightful comment. The top quarterbacks in the playoffs excel at risk management, he explained. They see risks developing before others do and...more

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Reinsurer Permitted to Intervene in Affiliate’s Lawsuit Related to Breach of MGA Agreement

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Texas Insurance Co. sued Talisman Specialty Underwriters Inc. for breaching the parties’ managing general agent (MGA) agreement by authorizing the issuance of hundreds of insurance policies by Texas Insurance in sectors (like...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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Munich Re Prevails in Alabama Reinsurance Dispute

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A federal court recently agreed with Munich Re that it was not obligated to reimburse an insurer for losses and fees the insurer incurred in litigation with its professional liability carrier regarding a bad faith claim...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Updated Social Inflation Survival Guide: The Dangerous Triple Barrel Threat of Social Inflation, Economic Inflation, and...

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

The Social Inflation Survival Guide: Identifying and Surviving the Dangerous Triple Barrel Threat of Social Inflation, Economic...

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

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Second Circuit Affirms Decision That Insurer Is Entitled to Reinsurance Coverage for an Allocated Portion of Settlement

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In Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. v. OneBeacon Insurance Co., the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order granting summary judgment to plaintiff Fireman’s Fund, holding that defendant OneBeacon is...more

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Summary Judgment against Reinsurer Affirmed where Exhaustion and Attachment Point Provisions were Ambiguous

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, September 15, 2022 - Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. Onebeacon Ins. Co., 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 25863 - Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (“Fireman’s Fund”) issued three excess...more

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Today’s Insurance Defense Concerns Amid Hurricane Season – Q&A with Hope C. Zelinger

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We recently asked Miami-based attorney Hope C. Zelinger about the myriad issues related to natural disaster insurance claims and how to uncover fraudulent claims....more

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Rehabilitation of Scottish Re: No per se liquidation standard for insurance rehabilitation plans - Corporate / M&A Decisions...

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In In re Rehabilitation of Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc., C.A. No. 2019-0175-JTL (Del. Ch. Apr.18, 2022), the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled, as a matter of first impression, that in a delinquency proceeding for an insurance...more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Transfers Suit Against Applied Underwriters Per Forum-Selection Clause in Unfiled Reinsurance Agreement

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The Eastern District of Pennsylvania has transferred a lawsuit filed against Applied Underwriters Inc. and its subsidiaries to the District of Nebraska. The dispute involved a workers’ compensation insurance program issued by...more

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The Bellefonte Rule “No Longer Good Law”

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the Bellefonte Rule, which reinsurers relied upon to cap liability under certificates of facultative reinsurance for indemnity and expense. The...more

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D.C. Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Reinsurers

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The D.C. Circuit recently affirmed a judgment in favor of reinsurers in a suit brought by an insured after concluding that the insured could not assert breach of contract and related claims against the reinsurers because the...more

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New York Federal Court Denies Reinsurer’s Motions for New Trial and Judgment as a Matter of Law, Modifies Accrual Date for...

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In a matter previously covered in this blog, the Northern District of New York was asked to determine whether Clearwater Insurance Co. (the reinsurer) was entitled to a new trial, a judgment as a matter of law, or an...more

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Massachusetts Federal Court Rules English Law Governs Reinsurance Dispute but Denies Reinsurers’ Motion for Summary Judgment

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Plaintiffs, Certain London Market Company Reinsurers (LMRs), filed suit against Lamorak Insurance Co. seeking a declaratory judgment that they were not obligated to pay reinsurance billings ceded by Lamorak. The disputed...more

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What Goes Around Comes Around

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In 1990, the Second Circuit in Bellefonte Reinsurance Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 903 F.2d ‎‎910 (2d Cir. 1990), affirmed a District Court judgment that reinsurers were not obligated to pay ‎additional sums for...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

The Bell Tolls For the "Bellefonte Cap"

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

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The Last Word

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Arbitration awards may only be vacated in certain limited circumstances. A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Georgia is a reminder of the standard required to overturn an arbitration award. In Adventure...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

The Continued Rise Of The New York Convention And The Fall Of The "Bellefonte Cap."

Another Circuit Court Holds That the New York Convention Pre-empts State Laws Prohibiting Arbitration of Insurance Disputes - On August 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Article II, Section...more

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District Court Predicts that Alabama Supreme Court Would Refuse to Extend Bad Faith to Reinsurance Disputes

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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama recently predicted that the Alabama Supreme Court would refuse to recognize bad faith claims in the context of reinsurance disputes if it was presented with...more

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Reinsurance Litigants May Need to Avoid Putting Their Faith in the Tort of Bad Faith

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In a recent Alabama federal court decision, aptly captioned Alabama Municipal Insurance Corporation v. Munich Reinsurance American, Inc., the plaintiff reinsured brought three counts of bad faith against the defendant...more

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Pillsbury Insurance Insolvency Watch: Legacy U.S. and London Insurers Set Claims Bar Dates for Policyholders

In recent weeks, two insurers with significant legacies of occurrence-based general liability coverage took important steps to liquidate their estates. Bedivere Insurance Company (OneBeacon) Liquidation - The first...more

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