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February 26, 2026
A North Carolina church is entitled to $1.1 million in coverage for a roof damage claim, a semiconductor manufacturer was owed a defense against an employee's birth defect suit, and a CNA unit need not defend an investment firm accused of stealing its competitor's employees and investors. Here, Law360 takes a look at the past week's top insurance news.
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February 25, 2026
A San Diego landowner said a Liberty Mutual insurer must cover an easement interference suit that resulted in a $1.3 million award against it, telling a California federal court that the insurer wrongfully denied a valid claim for defense and indemnity coverage.
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February 24, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge seemed perplexed by an argument making a distinction between a sole proprietorship and the person who owns it, telling an attorney for a young woman trying to collect a $10 million judgment from an insurer in her underlying sex abuse case that the entity "doesn't seem to legally exist."
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February 23, 2026
A Chubb unit can't escape an insurer's counterclaim seeking to recoup $3 million it paid to settle an oil well injury suit, a Texas federal court ruled, saying the other carrier adequately alleged a well-site director accused of fostering an unsafe work environment was an employee of Chubb's insured.
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February 23, 2026
Insurer RSUI Indemnity Co. Inc. breached its duty to defend timeshare exit company Reed Hein & Associates LLC from class claims that it engaged in deceptive practices and defrauded customers, a Washington federal judge said in a mixed summary judgment ruling.
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February 20, 2026
An insurer said it has no duty to defend a developer or contractors accused of causing a woman to sustain fatal injuries from an unsecured garage entry door, telling a Florida federal court that the event did not arise out of work covered under the policy.
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February 19, 2026
In agreeing to pay $180 million to a trust for clergy sexual abuse survivors, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, and its insurers took a big step toward ending a longtime dispute that put bankruptcy proceedings at the center of victim compensation.
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February 19, 2026
A CNA Financial Corp. unit has no duty to defend an investment firm from suits alleging it stole a competitor's employees and solicited its investors, a Connecticut federal judge said Thursday, ruling any claims that would have triggered that duty predated the policy period.
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February 19, 2026
Attorneys for an insurer and a vascular surgeon who alleged the company's subpar defense in a malpractice case destroyed his career fielded tough questions from a Georgia appeals court Thursday, as the judges grappled with the evidentiary basis for the surgeon's $12 million jury trial court win.
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February 19, 2026
Law360 Insurance Authority talks to Paul Primavera, U.S. Construction Practice Leader at insurance brokerage Lockton, about new carriers and financial pressures in the insurance market.
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February 19, 2026
A Delaware state judge has found that Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. must fund the defense of an agricultural chemical company in six suits alleging that a chemical made by its predecessors gave users Parkinson's and kidney failure but that its defense can be limited under some of the policies at issue.
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February 19, 2026
The Texas Supreme Court on “windstorms,” the Fourth Circuit on a construction company settlement, and a split Fifth Circuit backs State Farm in a sewage damage dispute. Law360 looks at the past week's top insurance news.
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February 18, 2026
A highway construction company is entitled to coverage under a subcontractor's policy for a $5.5 million settlement over two motorcycle crashes, the Fourth Circuit held Wednesday, finding that the company's liability to the victims was causally connected to the subcontractor's placement of work zone signage.
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February 17, 2026
A South Dakota hotel and its owner are pressuring defense counsel provided by an insurance carrier in an underlying racial discrimination lawsuit to submit filings relying on artificial intelligence that could potentially violate legal ethics rules, the insurer alleged in Nebraska federal court Tuesday.
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February 13, 2026
An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a property management company against any claim stemming from a 2021 fire at a Peach State apartment complex, a Georgia federal court ruled, saying the company failed to comply with the policy's notification clause.
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February 12, 2026
A Delaware state court’s finding that insurers failed to show they suffered “sufficient inconvenience and hardship” when requesting that a coverage dispute with a Syngenta unit proceed in London can be partly credited to the nearly 4.5 years of discovery and motion practice that has already taken place in the state court, policyholder attorneys told Law360.
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February 12, 2026
A California bill seeking to expand the coverage available through the state's money-challenged FAIR Plan is fueling debate over the role of the last-resort insurer following deadly fires last year in Los Angeles.
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February 12, 2026
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced his support Wednesday for a bill that would establish the nation's first public health and insurance claims standard for homes damaged by smoke contamination.
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February 12, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge has capped an insurer's potential liability in an injury suit filed by a former Yale Law dean of students who was struck by a driver, saying she cannot pursue damages exceeding policy limits on claims alleging the insurer was negligent while denying coverage.
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February 12, 2026
A California court expands policy disclosure requirements for auto insurers, an opioid insurer decision in Pennsylvania, and a New York decision on litigation coverage for an herb supplier. Law360 looks at the past week's top insurance news.
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February 11, 2026
An insurer for a medical transport company asked a Virginia federal court to find that its liability is limited to a small fraction of the $3 million in damages sought by a woman alleging she was permanently injured during transport.
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February 10, 2026
Insurers garnered several wins Tuesday in a dispute over coverage for thousands of opioid suits against bankrupt pharmaceutical company Endo International, with a Pennsylvania federal court ruling favorably for the carriers on the interpretation of claims-made provisions and the meaning of "damages for bodily injury."
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February 10, 2026
An insurer for an herb supplier owes no coverage for a threat from a customer seeking over $1 million in reimbursements for alleged losses tied to salmonella contamination, a New York federal court ruled, saying that the threat of a suit had not been fulfilled.
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February 09, 2026
An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a transportation company or one of its truck drivers against another worker's $10 million suit stemming from a crash, telling a Texas federal court that the policy excludes coverage for bodily injury to employees and fellow employees.
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February 09, 2026
Lloyd's of London underwriters have resolved their feud with a New Jersey man after initially refusing to pay their share of a $5 million settlement the man obtained from the city of Trenton after he was arrested and unlawfully thrown in jail for the better part of a year.