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Loss Accrued Vs. Occurred In Mass. Fire Insurance Policies

Law360, New York (November 2, 2015, 11:36 AM EST) -- The intermediate Massachusetts Appeals Court recently settled some uncertainty concerning when the two-year statute of limitations for losses under a standard fire insurance policy is triggered, concluding that the statute begins to run from the date that the loss occurs, not from the date that the loss reasonably should have been discovered. In reaching this conclusion, the Appeals Court appears to have limited the discovery rule in Massachusetts only to statutes of limitation referring to when the loss "accrued." By contrast, the statute of limitations in the Massachusetts standard fire insurance policy (Mass. Gen. Laws c. 175, § 99) is triggered when the loss "occurred."...

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