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Pennsylvania Enacts New Insurance Legislation That Significantly Expands the Permissible Fees Charged by Surplus Lines Licensees...

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Pennsylvania recently enacted two new insurance laws that significantly expand the permissible kinds of value-added products and services that may be provided by insurance licensees in general and the fees that may be charged...more

Marshall Dennehey

Courts’ Trend to Weaken Commonly Used Coverage Exclusions Continues

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In a decision handed down last week in Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Elvia Castaneda and Christina Tapia Casteneda, a three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court invalidated the “unlicensed...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

The Right to Be Wrong: Pennsylvania Superior Court finds no bad faith where an insurer’s coverage decision was incorrect but...

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On January 9, 2024, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reaffirmed prior precedent that an erroneous insurance coverage decision is not in bad faith where “the insurer denied coverage based on an interpretation of the policy...more

Goldberg Segalla

[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

Marshall Dennehey

Pennsylvania Court Denies Stay in Action Filed Against Insurer and Insurance Broker

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An insurance broker sought to stay the plaintiff’s negligence action asserted against it pending a determination on the claims of breach of contract and bad faith alleged against the insurer. The court denied the motion to...more

White and Williams LLP

For PA Employers: Defense Against Medical Marijuana Goes Up in Smoke

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Based on two Commonwealth Court decisions filed on March 17, 2023, medical marijuana is now medical treatment covered by the PA Workers’ Compensation Act (WC Act), and failure to pay is a violation of the Act, with up to 50%...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Surety Cannot be Liable for Bad Faith Under PA Law

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On September 1, 2022, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held, as a matter of first impression, that a surety is not subject to Pennsylvania’s bad faith statute, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8731. In Eastern Steel Constructors, Inc. v....more

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Faulty Workmanship May Still Be Covered in Pennsylvania

If you were to look for a quick answer regarding whether a commercial general liability (CGL) policy covers damage resulting from faulty workmanship under Pennsylvania law, you’d likely come out believing the answer is...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Louisiana Secures Temporary Injunction in Connection with the SHIP Rehabilitation Plan

Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (“SHIP”) was placed in rehabilitation in Pennsylvania in January 2020. On August 24, 2021, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania approved the Rehabilitation Plan (the “Plan”),...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Policyholders Nab Wins In COVID Suits, In 'Sea Change'

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Policyholders scored successes recently in battles with insurance companies when Pennsylvania and Nevada state court judges allowed suits over COVID-19 pandemic losses to proceed to discovery, marking what one policyholder...more

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SMART LAUNCH: Keystone State Promises Insurtechs a Conduit for Quick Regulatory Review and Approval

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Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s (Department) Commissioner, Jessica Altman, announced a new program encouraging insurtechs and carriers to bring innovative solutions and products to the insurance market. Keystone Smart...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Developments The National Landscape and the State of Play in Pennsylvania

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The number of lawsuits commenced by policyholders in the United States seeking insurance coverage for COVID-19 losses is approaching 1,500, and judicial decisions on insurer-filed motions to dismiss these cases now exceed 100...more

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