Expert Analysis

3 New Cyberinsurance Rulings Aid In Policy Interpretation

Although the cyberinsurance market has exploded, there is no standardized cyber language or form and only a few co... (more story)

How Financial Cos. Can Prep As NYDFS Cyber Changes Loom

Financial institutions supervised by the New York State Department of Financial Services can prepare for two criti... (more story)

What 2 Recent Rulings Mean For Trafficking Liability Coverage

Two recent federal district court decisions add to a growing number of courts concluding that Trafficking Victims ... (more story)

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Liberty Mutual Attys Face Sanctions Bid Over Citation Errors

A St. Louis federal court is weighing whether to sanction Liberty Mutual Personal Insurance Company's lawyers after they submitted a motion containing citation errors and then, after a warning, "somehow" submi... (more story)

Judge Ends $4.6M Goodyear, Michelin Rubber Damage Suit

A Louisiana federal court officially dismissed a $4.6 million dispute involving Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Michelin North America Inc. and the companies' insurers over water damage to bales of rubber, saying ... (more story)

Broker Not Covered In Fire Policy Dispute, Insurer Says

An insurance broker accused of mishandling a furniture retailer's insurance procurement, which left the retailer without coverage for a fire, is not entitled to defense or indemnity under its professional liab... (more story)

Insurers Settle Bid To Arbitrate $7M La. Hurricane Ida Case

A group of domestic and foreign insurers including underwriters at Lloyd's of London have asked a Louisiana federal judge to dismiss their lawsuit seeking an order to arbitrate a $7 million Hurricane Ida damag... (more story)

Travelers Seeks Over $1M In Camera Theft Subrogation Suit

Travelers is seeking to recoup around $1 million in costs from a shipping logistics company that it says failed to verify to whom it was providing a shipment of cameras, resulting in their theft, according to ... (more story)

Chubb Unit Challenges Tech CEO's Claim For Living Expenses

A Chubb unit urged a California federal court to rule that it needn't pay a software company CEO and his wife millions of dollars for living expenses related to a 2017 water damage claim, saying the couple mad... (more story)

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

Illinois' insurance regulator demanded that State Farm turn over data over its homeowners insurance business, the Sixth Circuit affirmed class certification in a dispute over State Farm's payments for totaled ... (more story)

AIG Unit, Manufacturers Agree To End $7M Subrogation Suit

An AIG unit and three manufacturing companies have agreed to end a $7 million suit in which the insurer sought to recoup costs connected to a fire at an iron processing plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, accordin... (more story)

Hospital Insurer Seeks Ch. 15 After NY Child Abuse Claims

Northeast Insurance Co., a captive insurer for several hospitals and a Jewish nonprofit, asked a New York bankruptcy judge for Chapter 15 recognition of its Bermuda liquidation filing, saying it was rendered i... (more story)

States Seek To Revive FEMA's Disaster-Mitigation Funding

A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia urged a Massachusetts federal court Wednesday to block the Trump administration's termination of a disaster mitigation program under the Federal Emergency Mana... (more story)

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Travelers Unit Says Liberty Can't Recoup Injury Suit Costs

A Travelers unit said it doesn't owe two Liberty Mutual insurers over $2 million in defense and indemnity costs incurred in an underlying injury suit against their mutual insured, telling a New York federal co... (more story)

Syracuse Diocese Gets OK For More Insurance Settlements

A New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved nine remaining settlements with insurance companies for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse as part of its Chapter 11 plan, following her approval of two earli... (more story)

11th Circ. Says Insurer Must Defend Atty Malpractice Suit

A law firm's professional liability insurer has a duty to defend it and one of its attorneys in an underlying malpractice lawsuit stemming from their representation of defendants that faced civil forfeiture cl... (more story)

State Farm Needn't Cover Dry Cleaner In Pollution Row

The property owner of a dry cleaner isn't owed coverage for an investigation and remediation demand conducted by a state environmental protection agency, a New Mexico federal judge ruled, finding that an absol... (more story)

6th Circ. Affirms Class Status In Totaled Car Payout Dispute

A panel of Sixth Circuit judges upheld the class certification of a suit alleging State Farm systematically undervalues totaled vehicles, saying that a class of Tennessee insureds were linked by a common alleg... (more story)

Mich. Justices Mull Tort Damages Bar For Nonresident Drivers

Members of Michigan's Supreme Court on Thursday expressed reservations about an intermediate appellate court's decision that nonresidents who fail to carry Michigan insurance for a vehicle they regularly drive... (more story)

Insurer Pushes For Default Win In Trench Injury Coverage Suit

An insurer is seeking a default win in its dispute over coverage for a man's trench injury lawsuit, telling an Illinois federal court Thursday that the man has failed to appear or respond to the coverage action.

Avon Trust Sues Insurers Over Coverage Of Talc Liabilities

A trust established to pay asbestos claimants in Avon's Chapter 11 has urged a Delaware state court to rule that almost 30 insurers must help indemnify more than $225 million of the cosmetics company's talc in... (more story)

Lockheed, CNA Strike Settlement For Coverage Fight

Lockheed Martin Corp. and a CNA Financial Corp. unit have reached a settlement for a coverage dispute related to litigation that accused the aerospace and defense company of environmental contamination in Orla... (more story)

Insurer Had Duty To Defend In $78M Collision Row, Court Says

A home renovation company's insurer owed it a defense in a lawsuit over an auto collision involving a worker who was on the way to perform plumbing services, a California federal court ruled while stopping sho... (more story)

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NH Youth Centers Seek Coverage In Hundreds Of Abuse Suits

Two youth treatment centers accused an insurer Thursday of refusing to provide full coverage for hundreds of suits claiming that the centers mistreated children in their care, telling a New Hampshire federal c... (more story)

Bankrupt Rite Aid Trust Sues Walgreens Over Opioid Costs

A trustee for Rite Aid Corp.'s bankruptcy estate has sued Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and a subsidiary, Walgreen Co., in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing the pharmacy giant of failing to cover tens of milli... (more story)

11th Circ. Sides With Insurer In Fla. Gas Station Pollution Fight

An insurer for an owner and operator of Florida gas stations owes no coverage for pollution costs stemming from an underground fuel tank leak, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Wednesday, finding the owner failed to ... (more story)

Geico Says Cos. Owe $415K For Fraudulent Med Gear Scheme

A group of Geico auto insurers told a New York federal court that they are entitled to recoup $415,000 from companies that they allege submitted hundreds of fraudulent no-fault insurance claims, totaling over ... (more story)

Federal Insurance Filings Dip Following Peak In 2022

Insurance litigation in federal district courts has been trending downward over the past two years, following a period of record high filings because of COVID-19 and a series of extremely destructive storms, a... (more story)

AIG Says Dock Builder Can't Avoid $1.8M Yacht Fire Lawsuit

An AIG unit urged a Florida federal court Thursday to reject a contractor's claims it can't be held liable for more than $1.8 million in coverage payments over a yacht fire caused by dock wiring that lacked gr... (more story)

NJ Justices Probe Insurer's Role In $12M Settlement Fight

The New Jersey Supreme Court zeroed in Thursday on how far insurers can go in reserving their rights without taking a definitive position on coverage, as Mist Pharmaceuticals LLC accused Berkley Insurance Co. ... (more story)

Fla. High Court Hears Ex-Marvel CEO's Punitive Damages Bid

The former CEO of Marvel Entertainment on Thursday urged the Florida Supreme Court to revive his punitive damages claim over the secret collection of his wife's DNA in connection to a hate letter campaign, arg... (more story)

Civil Maritime Nuclear Sector Poised For Growth, Challenges

The maritime industry now stands on the verge of a nuclear-powered renaissance, with the need for clean energy, resilient power generation and decarbonized logistics driving demand for commercial maritime nucl... (more story)

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

A South Carolina school district can't get review of its insurance arbitration dispute, an insurer had a duty to defend a home renovation company in an underlying car crash suit and a State Farm unit needn't p... (more story)