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Part Four: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments

Civil Unrest, Riots, And Strikes - This is the fourth installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry. Many commentators have...more

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Halloween — What Can You Do to Keep Yourself and Loved Ones Safe?

In the 8th century, people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts and ghouls. The Roman Empire gave us our tradition of bobbing for apples at Halloween. In colonial America, it took on a celebration of the...more

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Minnesota Harmonizes the Mortgage Clause and the Vacancy Clause

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Lat week, Minnesota’s highest court unanimously held that a mortgagee’s recovery for vandalism damage to a vacant building is only barred by the vacancy clause if the insured’s acts caused the vacancy. The decision is ...more

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Tennessee Court Weighs in on Whether Arson is a Species of Vandalism and Malicious Mischief

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Last month in what was a case of first impression in Tennessee, a unanimous panel of the state’s intermediate level appellate court joined those jurisdictions that have concluded that arson does not constitute a type of...more

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Oklahoma Court Holds the Policyholder Can Also Be the Vandal

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Earlier this week an Oklahoma federal court addressed a mortgagee’s claim for vandalism loss – a topic we also discussed in Wednesday’s post. In American Modern Home Ins. Co. v. Tulsa Fed. Credit Union, 2015 WL 2372549, 2015...more

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