A New Jersey appellate panel held Thursday that the burden of proof was on an insurer, not a driver, in a coverage dispute stemming from a blown head gasket that rendered her vehicle inoperable, vacating the i... (more story)

Researchers at the London School of Economics see more climate change-related subrogation litigation on the horizon. Insurance experts aren’t as confident the industry has the appetite to take on complex cases... (more story)

Insurance brokers are not exempt from New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act, a Chubb unit properly limited coverage for "business property" destroyed in a fire and Golden Corral can't reverse its 5-year-old COVID-19... (more story)

The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday declined to walk back a North Carolina federal judge's five-year-old decision denying Golden Corral insurance coverage for pandemic-era business interruption losses, finding a b... (more story)

A Chubb unit properly limited coverage to $25,000 for the contents of an Illinois mansion that was destroyed in a lightning-sparked fire, the Seventh Circuit ruled, saying the use of the contents for commercia... (more story)

Akerman LLP has grown its transactional risk practice in Miami with the addition of an attorney from Holland & Knight LLP, the firm said Thursday.

An uninsured motorist coverage exclusion in a specialty auto policy is enforceable under Alabama law. An alleged salmonella outbreak is a single occurrence. Under Armour needn't pay prejudgment interest. Law36... (more story)

With insurer investments comprising nearly a third of the private credit market, rated note feeders offer insurers a compelling way to access private credit yields through debt instruments by balancing key fea... (more story)

U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insigh... (more story)

Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming bett... (more story)

A Washington federal judge signed off on a $2.6 million settlement between Geico and a class of hundreds of drivers resolving a dispute over whether the insurer improperly withheld drivers' personal injury pro... (more story)

An auto insurer told a Texas federal court on Tuesday that it has no duty to defend or indemnify a Mexican band or its members against three lawsuits brought by former crew members who say they were sexually a... (more story)

A Connecticut federal judge has handed Clear Blue Specialty Insurance Co. a win in six professional models' attempts to access a strip club's $1 million policy pursuant to a settlement in an underlying false a... (more story)

A building products manufacturer is not entitled to coverage after reimbursing its financial adviser $9.8 million for defense and settlement costs incurred in litigation over a take-private transaction, the co... (more story)

An excess insurer said it owes no coverage to an environmental company for costs incurred in defending its United Arab Emirates-based subsidiary against arbitration in Singapore, telling a Delaware state court... (more story)

The Sixth Circuit found that an alleged salmonella outbreak that possibly contaminated J.M. Smucker Co. peanut butter constituted a single occurrence, freeing the company from paying a big retainer but potenti... (more story)

An apartment complex insurer owes at most $50,000 in coverage for a lawsuit over a shooting in the complex's parking lot that resulted in a bystander's death, a Missouri federal court ruled, rejecting argument... (more story)

Insurers under Nationwide and Lloyd's of London are facing a suit in the North Carolina Business Court from a digital marketing company alleging the insurers owe it for costs it incurred defending itself from ... (more story)

An Arizona federal court tossed a proposed class action accusing Tesla's auto insurance subsidiary of underpaying claims for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, finding that the court's lack of subje... (more story)

Generative artificial intelligence is lowering the barriers to filing new cases, meaning that the defense bar must respond to an increased wave of litigation — but generative AI is also helping defense teams w... (more story)

A mechanical contractor said it's entitled to recover its full $500,000 policy limit for the loss of more than $844,000 in an embezzlement scheme by two former employees, telling a Florida federal court Friday... (more story)

Insurance brokers, producers and agents are not exempt from the Consumer Fraud Act under an exception for semiprofessionals, the New Jersey Supreme Court held Wednesday, reviving a neurosurgeon's allegation hi... (more story)

Justin Baldoni, his production company and other officers cannot escape an insurer's suit seeking to avoid coverage for the now-settled sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against them by "It End... (more story)

It's too early to rule whether an insurer breached its policy by declining to defend a cannabis farm from a former employee's claims that he was wrongfully terminated, a New Mexico federal judge held, denying ... (more story)

Recent U.S. maritime interdictions of sanctioned tankers and shadow fleet vessels raise urgent questions about whether civil forfeiture or prize law — a framework that has not been meaningfully tested since th... (more story)

A staffing company accused of failing to provide laborers with required employment notices and assignment-related disclosures in violation of Illinois law said it is entitled to a defense under its commercial ... (more story)

A Chubb unit allegedly wrongfully denied coverage to a Philadelphia apartment building owner hit with claims it violated Pennsylvania real estate law by failing to inform residents about repair plans following... (more story)

An insurance broker urged a Texas federal court to dismiss it from litigation alleging a group of insurers conspired to set unreasonable terms for surety bonds, arguing an oil company behind the suit failed to... (more story)

An insurer defending two freight companies as they appeal a $59 million personal injury judgment against them urged a New Jersey federal court to find they aren't owed any coverage because, the insurer alleged... (more story)

A California federal judge has declined to reopen an asbestos suit by an insurance exchange for the trucking industry against a group of reinsurers as the parties battle whether to remove a supposedly "side-sw... (more story)