Best Practices for Negotiating Manuscript Exclusions
D&O Insurance Myths (Part 2)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 388: Listen and Learn – Policy Exclusions (Evidence)
London’s Nation-State Attack Exclusion: Game Changer For The Cyber Insurance Market or An Opportunity For Competition Within the Market?
Long-Term Effects of Russia/Ukraine on Insurance
Cyberside Chats: There is a war in Europe. What does that mean for your cyber insurance policy?
Out With a Bang: Current State of Play on Coverage for COVID-Related Losses
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NGE On Demand: Insurance and Indemnity Issues for Family Offices with Angela Elbert
Ledgers and Law: Roadblocks Facing the Cannabis Industry
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part II
Prior & Pending Litigation
In March last year, New York’s Appellate Division – First Department issued Xerox an important pro-policyholder decision in its D&O insurance recovery action against Travelers, arising from Xerox’s failed 2018 merger with...more
After several hurricanes, a church submitted a first-party property claim. The church also had pending coverage litigation from prior tornado damage. On October 12, 2020, the independent adjuster (IA) inspected and...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law, has held that a contract exclusion did not bar defense cost coverage for a lawsuit against a private equity firm alleging,...more
A federal district court in North Dakota recently granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss in Campbell Property Management LLC v. Lloyd’s Syndicate 3624, finding that both prongs of a “commingling exclusion” to coverage...more
A recent California appellate court decision found that a wage and hour exclusion in an Employment Practices Liability Insurance (“EPLI”) policy did not bar coverage for claims under California Labor Code sections 2800 and...more
The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that a "wage and hour" exclusion in an employment practices liability insurance ("EPLI") policy must be narrowly interpreted to extend coverage for reimbursement claims brought...more
The Holding - In Doneson v. Farmers Ins. Exch., 2018 WL 4781382 (Ariz.App. Oct. 3, 2018), an insurance bad faith case, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld an exclusion precluding MedPay benefits “if workers’ compensation...more
On June 1, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted summary judgment in favor of AIG Specialty Insurance Co. in a case involving the application of the firearms exclusion in Powe v. Chartis...more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted summary judgment in favor of AIG Specialty Insurance Co. in a case involving the application of the firearms exclusion in Powe v. Chartis Specialty...more
P&S LLC v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., No. 14-cv-00735-LTB-CBS (D. Colo. July 29, 2015). District of Colorado grants summary judgment for insurer on bad faith claim where insurer established that an...more
In February, we reported on an Alabama federal court decision that barred an insured from recovering for employee theft where the only evidence of shortage was a comparison between computer records and a physical inventory...more
A recent 3rd Circuit decision, ArcelorMittal Plate, LLC v. Joulé Technical Services, Inc., 558 Fed.Appx. 205 (3d Cir. 2014) reiterates that under New Jersey law, an insurer does not act in bad faith when denying a claim that...more