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January 22, 2026
Commercial general liability policyholders will soon see provisions limiting coverage for damage awards and requiring disclosures of third-party litigation funding as insurers combat what they see as drivers of litigation expenses and insurance costs — but experts say these changes may create new issues.
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January 22, 2026
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch and his wife failed to pay the premiums on hefty life insurance policies and let them lapse rather than hold on to them long enough for their value to grow, Pacific Life Insurance Co. argued Thursday in seeking an early exit from the couple's suit claiming the policies were a sham.
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January 22, 2026
California's insurance landscape was permanently altered early last year after a series of deadly blazes broke out in the Los Angeles area that continues to challenge efforts to mitigate a statewide crisis associated with high insurance costs and low availability. Here, Law360 looks at a timeline of some of the most important insurance legal and regulatory events that followed the fires.
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January 22, 2026
Under Armour's coverage for claims over its public financial forecasts and accounting practices is capped at $100 million, an insurer lost its appeals in two cases stemming from a $40 million drunk driving verdict and an AIG unit doesn't have to pay FedEx $200 million in post-judgment interest. Here, Law360 takes a look at the past week's top insurance news.
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January 22, 2026
A construction policy insurer agency and its owner aren't owed coverage for an underlying personal injury lawsuit, its professional liability carrier told a New York federal court, alleging a third-party lawsuit accusing the owner of fraud and misappropriating insurance funds triggered an exclusion in its professional liability policy.
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January 21, 2026
A law firm urged a Louisiana federal court Wednesday to toss a proposed class action over an alleged scheme to collect exorbitant fees on hurricane-related property insurance claims, saying the complaint fails to plead a certifiable class and involves a "smorgasbord" of individualized legal malpractice claims.
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January 21, 2026
A Pennsylvania state judge Wednesday said an AIG unit won't have to pay FedEx $200 million in post-judgment interest following a fatal crash involving one of its drivers, but allowed bad faith and promissory estoppel claims to move forward against the insurer because those claims require a trial.
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January 21, 2026
An excess insurer told a Kentucky federal court that a policy exclusion precludes it from covering the rest of a $2.2 million judgment against a hotel found liable for a man's fatal burns from a shower.
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January 21, 2026
An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a mining equipment parts supplier against claims that it sold counterfeit parts to a reseller, telling a Montana federal court that the underlying suit does not allege bodily injury or property damage caused by an occurrence.
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January 20, 2026
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday seemed to favor the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's position that public comments were properly solicited before labeling two forever chemicals as hazardous substances, and expressed skepticism that the agency should have done a more rigorous analysis of clean-up costs for businesses.
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January 20, 2026
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.
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January 20, 2026
A property management company and an affiliated investment company have alleged in Pennsylvania federal court that subsidiaries of insurance giants Starr and Allianz wrongfully denied them coverage for suits filed over allegedly poor military housing conditions.
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January 20, 2026
Under Armour's public financial forecasts and its accounting practices are a single claim under its insurers' excess policy language because they are "logically or causally related," the Fourth Circuit found Tuesday, overturning a trial court's ruling and capping the sportswear company's coverage at $100 million.
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January 16, 2026
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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January 16, 2026
The Michigan Supreme Court declined Friday to review a lower court's ruling that allowed Nationwide entities to file combined returns and share tax credits among their members, with one justice suggesting the state Legislature should revise the combined filing rules for insurance companies.
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January 15, 2026
Liability policies for certain county jails aren't being renewed due to their failure to ensure statewide standards and excessive claims, prompting a review of county policies and available funding, experts say.
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January 15, 2026
The U.S. military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power could have significant insurance implications connected to the risk of increased oil trade and questions over whether the operation is viewed as an act of war.
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January 15, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up an appeal of the Sixth Circuit’s jurisdictional standard for mixed actions, the Sixth Circuit found no additional coverage for a religious organization’s code compliance costs and a Delaware state court said a biopharmaceutical company has coverage for a shareholder suit. Here, Law360 takes a look at the past week’s top insurance news.
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January 14, 2026
A property management company said an AIG unit shirked its duty to defend a lawsuit accusing the company of charging unlawful fees to tenants who receive Section 8 vouchers, telling a California federal court that the underlying claims constituted covered personal and advertising injuries.
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January 13, 2026
An excess insurer for a crane company owes coverage under its $10 million policy for a settlement with a man crushed by a crane, an Indiana federal judge ruled, noting that while it was a "very close case," inspections performed by the company were not an excluded "professional service."
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January 13, 2026
A disbarred attorney was hit with new charges claiming that he induced a witness to commit perjury and obstructed justice in the federal investigation of an insurance scam involving staged car crashes in the New Orleans area.
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January 12, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the Sixth Circuit's decision in a coverage dispute over underlying PFAS litigation that outlined the circuit's approach to jurisdiction for mixed actions, or lawsuits that seek both coercive relief, like damages, and noncoercive relief, like a court declaration.
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January 12, 2026
Insurers for a pipeline project contractor failed to show that a Louisiana anti-indemnity statute invalidated parts of the company's contract with a natural gas utility as the companies face lawsuits over an explosion, a federal judge ruled.
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January 09, 2026
A biopharmaceutical company is entitled to coverage for a suit alleging its board breached fiduciary duties under a pair of primary and excess directors and officers policies, a Delaware state court ruled, saying the suit is "meaningfully linked" to a previously noticed demand for books and records.
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January 09, 2026
An organization that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is not covered for an underlying suit over the death of a resident at one of its group homes, an insurer told a New Jersey federal court, saying the organization breached its policy's notice and reporting requirements.