
Calif. Panel Revives Real Estate Firm's COVID Coverage Suit
A California state appellate court partially revived a real estate investment firm's bid to recover from its insurers up to $250 million in pandemic-related lost income, finding Monday the company plausibly argued the physical presence of the virus caused its losses.

Parts Of Aon Data Breach Suit Restored By Ill. Panel
An Illinois appellate court panel has revived negligence and certain other claims in a proposed class action that alleges Aon Corp. failed to protect individuals' personal information during a yearlong data hack, while ruling some other claims will need to be repled.

High Court Denies Truck Insurer's Coverage Mandate Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a Seventh Circuit decision forcing an insurer to cover a default judgment against a trucking company involved in a crash.
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A Colorado federal judge refused to grant an early win to American Family Mutual Insurance Co. or a Denver condominium association in a suit over coverage for hail storm damage, saying there are still question... (more story)
While numerous property insurers left Florida even before Hurricane Ian barreled through, one insurance executive reflects on his company's choice to double down on offering policies in the Sunshine State.

The Sixth Circuit remanded to an Ohio federal court part of a coverage dispute regarding the amount of repair and replacement coverage owed to a couple after a house fire, finding Monday that an agreement betw... (more story)
An insurer objected to a magistrate judge's recommendation that its Oklahoma federal court lawsuit be dismissed in favor of an underlying fire damage suit, arguing that the other parties in the state court act... (more story)
Property insurers in Florida faced a perfect storm of expensive litigation and soaring costs in 2022 that left the marketplace reeling and will have ripple effects for years to come, despite recent efforts by lawmakers.
A yacht owner's misrepresentation of a boat's purchase price voids its marine insurance policy, its insurer told a Florida federal court, explaining why it could not cover a February fire on the 2021 vessel th... (more story)
Affiliated FM Insurance Co. paid a group of Augusta University hospitals the maximum amount due under the policies' communicable disease coverage, a Georgia federal court ruled, finding that the group was enti... (more story)
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A federal judge has paused insurer Hanover American's upcoming mid-October trial in litigation challenging a $2.5 million coverage bill for an arson at a recording studio complex at the former House of Blues i... (more story)
A Nevada federal judge denied a traffic control insurer's request to reconsider a ruling finding it must defend its policyholder and an additional insured in a lawsuit brought by an injured motorcyclist, uphol... (more story)

An insurer for the producers of the reality TV show "My 600-lb. Life" did not fraudulently induce them into purchasing insurance that contained a reality TV exclusion for a certain part of its general liabilit... (more story)
The First Circuit will face a formidable task when it addresses whether an insurer can recover the costs it incurred defending and settling a personal injury suit, experts say, as it must decide if a federal j... (more story)
An interstate trucking company isn't entitled to coverage for a crash that damaged one of its vehicles, an Illinois federal court ruled, saying the driver of the truck fell short of having a full year of conti... (more story)
A man injured in a car crash asked a Fifth Circuit panel to reconsider its decision that a Chubb unit doesn't need to cover a $2 million judgment against the driver of an Avis rental vehicle driven by a traveler from Spain.
A Georgia-based sperm bank and related entities cannot get coverage over claims that a donor's genetic abnormalities were passed down to clients' children, the sperm bank's excess insurer told a Georgia state ... (more story)
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down appeals covering several intellectual property disputes, including ABKCO Music's appeal of a Second Circuit ruling that a music archive's founder was not directly r... (more story)
A nightclub's insurer owes no coverage for a roughly $18.1 million default judgment it faces following a shooting in 2019, its insurer told a South Carolina federal court, noting the club's policy was not in e... (more story)

Professional liability insurers for two health care providers and a doctor convicted of child sex assault told a Pennsylvania federal court that they should not have to cover a related civil suit filed by over... (more story)
An insurance agency's professional liability insurer has no duty to defend it over underlying fraud claims after it failed to properly renew coverage for a client's underground gas station storage tanks, a Mic... (more story)
Crum & Forster is liable for a workers' compensation claim that an injured truck driver brought against another insurer and a transport company, a Georgia federal court ruled, saying the issue of damages could... (more story)
An Oklahoma federal court paused a dispute over coverage for a trucking company accused of polluting a couple's property through a leaking saltwater disposal well, deferring to a Louisiana federal court consid... (more story)
An insurer is owed $26 million in a lawsuit in which family members of a construction company founder were accused of working with the insurer to trigger defaults and lawsuits over a handful of large projects,... (more story)