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Defining Artificial Intelligence for Cyber and Data Privacy Insurance

A small but growing number of cyber insurers are incorporating language into their policies that specifically addresses risks from artificial intelligence (AI). The June 2025 issue of The Betterley Report’s Cyber/Privacy...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

When Politics Disrupt the Flow: What Policyholders Need to Know About Supply Chain and Political Risk Coverage

In today’s volatile global economy, companies are learning the hard way that political shocks—whether through trade sanctions, military conflict or abrupt regulatory change—can wreak havoc on supply chains. And worse, many...more

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Insuring AI risks: is your business (already) covered?

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In the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence (AI), businesses are encountering new frontiers of innovation whilst also facing novel risks, prompting the need for robust insurance solutions. This article offers...more

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Risky Business: What Lawyers Who Fight Insurance Companies Want You to Know About Your Business Insurance Portfolio

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We are attorneys and don’t sell or broker insurance. Yet, we’re writing to alert business owners of a direct threat posed by a “set it and forget it” approach to insurance coverage. Why? Because we see firsthand the damage...more

WaterStreet Company

2025 Hurricane Season for Insurance

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As the 2025 hurricane season unfolds, insurance companies prepare. Early summer is time to closely monitor hurricane forecasts, assess risks, and account for financial implications that could arise due to increased property...more

Integreon

Cybersecurity, Wire Fraud, and Attorney Liability: The Growing Risk Landscape

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Wire transfer fraud is on the rise, and attorneys are increasingly becoming prime targets for cybercriminals. With billions lost annually to fraudulent transactions, legal professionals who fail to implement robust...more

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Texas FAIR Plan: Opportunities and Challenges for Private Insurers

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As natural disasters continue to impact the insurance market, Texas has seen a surge in policyholders relying on the Texas FAIR Plan Association for coverage....more

Woodruff Sawyer

How To: M&A Deal Baskets and Reps & Warranties Insurance

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Negotiating a basket mechanism into your merger or acquisition agreement? One of the questions it pays to ask (and answer) early on is how that basket mechanism will function with the retention amount you will be negotiating...more

McGinnis Lochridge

Insurance Producer Exposure When Procuring Cover for Sophisticated Clients

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Generally speaking, insurance producers face fairly routine obligations when procuring cover. Every state imposes a general duty to exercise that degree of care, skill and diligence a reasonable producer would exhibit to his...more

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Basic but Important Considerations for Corporations—Both For-Profit and Non-Profit: Understanding Director and Officer Liability...

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Depending on the scope of the policy, the policy may also provide coverage for members of corporate committees or defined classes of volunteers. Corporations do! Whether for-profit or non-profit, corporations act through...more

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Further Clarity Regarding Coverage for Funds Transfer Fraud

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At this point, your IT department has almost certainly warned you to approach your e-mail inbox with skepticism--for good reason. Cybercriminals regularly and effectively impersonate our legitimate contacts for illegitimate...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Third Circuit: Changes in Exposure Provision Bars Coverage for Pre-Merger Liabilities

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In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, applying Pennsylvania law, affirmed judgment on the pleadings in favor of a group of insurers on the ground that a Changes in Exposure...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

March 2025 New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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The owners of a warehouse leased it to a commercial tenant to operate a photography studio. The lease required the tenant to procure insurance for the owners and to indemnify them for the negligent acts of the tenant’s...more

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The LA Fires Contingent Business Interruption Coverage Considerations

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The Los Angeles area fires that started in early January have destroyed thousands of homes and businesses throughout the region. The fires triggered ongoing evacuation orders and warnings as communities coped with dangerous...more

Cozen O'Connor

Lack of Insurable Interest Precludes Recovery for Property Damage

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In Ram Krishana Inc. d/b/a Motel 6 Sulphur v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Co. (2025 WL 371016) (S.D.N.Y. 2025)), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York determined that the plaintiff lacked an...more

Carlton Fields

California Appellate Court Agrees Marijuana Delivery Driver’s Accident Not Covered Under Personal Auto Policy

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A California Court of Appeals decision brought one auto policyholder decidedly down from “cloud nine” in Murphy v. AAA Auto Insurance of Southern California, which found no coverage over a cannabis delivery service employee’s...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Sustainability Recalibration: What Insurers and Policyholders Should Know About ESG Under Trump 2.0 Part 2

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria or standards or sustainability issues have impacted all sectors of society, including corporate and professional policyholders and their risk managers, insurance...more

J.S. Held

Builder’s Risk: Complexities in Insuring Existing Structures

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Property insurance for projects under construction can be significantly complex. Insuring renovation projects under a builder’s risk policy will often require more care in crafting a policy that provides adequate protection....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Are You Really Covered as an Additional Insured?

For your next construction project in New York, securing commercial general liability coverage as an additional insured may not be as simple as it would appear. Recent court rulings have interpreted the terms of insurance...more

Hogan Lovells

UK pension trustee liability insurance: Key insights for trustees

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Pension trustee liability (PTL) insurance can be a crucial safeguard for trustees of UK pension schemes. This article explains: the cover typically provided; the importance of timely notifications; exclusions (what isn’t...more

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Weathering the Storm – Part 2: Construction Insurance’s Protection Against Natural Disasters

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In the wake of increasingly frequent natural disasters, construction insurance has become more critical than ever. While many stakeholders view insurance as just another project cost, it is actually your first line of defense...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Three-Dimensional Chess: Harmonizing Dispute Resolution Clauses in Commercial Insurance Programs

Considering the complex structure of commercial insurance programs—typically purchased in annual “towers” of insurance—risk managers and in-house counsel often do not pay sufficient attention to arbitration-related...more

Marshall Dennehey

Adequate Notice Requires More Than Delivery of a Policy

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A December 31, 2024, decision from the Supreme Court of Idaho found that adequate notice to an insured required more than the delivery of a policy and, due to the insurer’s failure to do so, coverage under a pre-existing...more

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The Northwest Policyholder | When the Application is the Risk: Application-Based Insurance Policy Rescission

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Surprised insurers are unhappy insurers. And unhappy insurers are more likely to resist paying claims. As are insurers who fail to heed their good faith and other obligations to their policyholders. So if you seek coverage...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Insurance – Texas Style, Part 1: Stowers Liability and Insurance Towers

This is the first in a series of discussions about insurance issues unique to the Lone Star State. For nearly a century, the Stowers doctrine has been a critical cornerstone of Texas insurance law protecting insureds...more

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