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Podcast: Getting the Most Out of Your Public Pension Plan Insurance Coverage

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All public pension plans need a well-crafted fiduciary liability insurance policy. This should include ample coverage, including protection against the risk of impending litigation. The recent ruling by the U.S. Court of...more

Payne & Fears

Pizza Hut Delivers a Win for Employers: Reimbursement Claims are Not Automatically Excluded from Coverage by a Policy's "Wage &...

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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

Jaburg Wilk

Arizona Court of Appeals Enforces Workers' Comp Exclusion to MedPay Coverage

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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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

State Appeals Courts Rule on ‘That Particular Part’ Exclusions

Two recent cases from separate California state courts correctly interpret the phrase “that particular part” and apply it in its intended narrow sense. This is good news for contractors and is in contrast to some recent...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

"Assuming" the Obvious: Exclusion for “Assumption of Liability in a Contract” Does Not Apply to Breach of Professional Services

In what it described as a case of first impression, the Northern District of California ruled that a professional liability policy that excluded the insured’s “assumption of liability obligations in a contract or agreement”...more

Cozen O'Connor

Reservation of Rights Letters Help Avoid Prejudice in the Third Party Context

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When discussing bad faith in the third party context, most of the discussion properly centers on the duty to settle a claim. However, other actions taken by a policyholder and carrier can have an impact. The recent case of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law - July 2015 #2

California Court: Rejected Demand Within Policy Limits Not Necessary for Bad Faith Claim - Why it matters: Insurers must proceed with caution when they become aware that a settlement within policy limits is possible,...more

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