A partially split Eighth Circuit panel affirmed an apartment complex's $27 million jury award against Travelers Insurance, holding that an expert's testimony about the presence of carcinogenetic soot is suffic... (more story)

A Puerto Rico federal court tossed an insurer's lawsuit against a public adjuster alleging it inflated its calculation of damage that a Puerto Rico town suffered from Hurricane Maria in 2017, finding the lawsu... (more story)

The Fourth Circuit erased class certification in a lawsuit challenging Progressive's coverage of totaled vehicles, the First Circuit said an insurer had no defense obligations over an eviction scheme alleged a... (more story)

A hotel group said it is entitled to recover $12.5 million from a Liberty Mutual unit for business interruption losses stemming from Hurricane Helene, the company said, telling a North Carolina federal court t... (more story)

The Fourth Circuit reversed a Progressive Insurance policyholder's class certification win over certain adjustments the insurer makes when calculating the actual cash value of a totaled vehicle, saying that de... (more story)

A Liberty Mutual unit has no duty to defend a commercial real estate loan provider in underlying suits over the eviction of residents from a Massachusetts senior care facility, the First Circuit ruled, finding... (more story)

Two property investment companies aren't entitled to $1.7 million in coverage for a settlement reached with the IRS over a rejected $20.2 million charitable contribution deduction, a Liberty Mutual unit told a... (more story)

The parent company of sports nutrition and supplement website Bodybuilding.com told an Idaho federal court that a Berkley unit failed to fully pay for property damage and business income loss after a water pip... (more story)

An artificial intelligence tool drafts an insurance policy and makes a note of potential inconsistencies in language.

The American Law Institute's newly approved rule expands vicarious liability to employers for certain sexual assaults that employees commit, which could materially increase employers' exposure unless they stre... (more story)

The Delaware Supreme Court has declined to step in and review a pretrial order in an insurance dispute in which Mattel Inc. and Fisher-Price Inc. seek coverage of settlements in suits over infant injuries, say... (more story)

An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a parking garage designer accused of improperly designing a facility at a New Jersey university after a man jumped from an upper level and died, telling a ... (more story)

A Pittsburgh seating company is not entitled to coverage for more than $530,000 it lost in a computer phishing scheme, an insurer told a Pennsylvania state court, saying the payments made by the company's co-o... (more story)

Progressive Insurance systematically denied auto insurance coverage under an exclusion relating to vehicles not directly insured but still regularly used, two Pennsylvania residents told a Pennsylvania state c... (more story)

Insurance carriers for the Archdiocese of San Francisco urged a California bankruptcy court to reject a deal between the archdiocese and sexual abuse claimants to allow five lawsuits to proceed despite a Chapt... (more story)

A food service distributor isn't entitled to coverage of a nearly $7.5 million judgment entered against it in a suit over a collision involving one of its trucks and another driver, an insurer told a Connectic... (more story)

A recent decision in Virginia federal court shows that more than identical allegations of negligent business practices across two lawsuits may be necessary to satisfy the strict definition of relatedness under... (more story)

The Eleventh Circuit refused Monday to review its April finding that a jury should decide whether an insurer acted in bad faith by not settling an estate's claim over a fatal shooting that occurred at a Florida lodge.

An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a residential care facility or its owner in an underlying suit over a car chase that resulted in a crash and injured two women, the company told an Oregon federal ... (more story)

A recent North Carolina federal court ruling, Martin Marietta Materials v. Ace, joins other states in holding that an insurer may consider its own interests in settlement negotiations, outlining a strong strat... (more story)

An Oregon baseball team called the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes told a New Hampshire federal court that an insurer for the association behind Minor League Baseball must cover its $5.5 million judgment against MiLB o... (more story)

Founders of cryptocurrency mining firm Rhodium are defending their request for leave to pursue payouts from the company's directors and officers insurance policy, saying an ad hoc group's protests fell flat si... (more story)

A "limitation of liability" provision that an aircraft services company used in a "landing card" agreement for arriving aircraft wasn't unconscionable under Nevada law, the Ninth Circuit ruled, siding against ... (more story)

A Colorado federal court refused Thursday to separate and stay an information technology company's bad faith claims against a Chubb unit and malpractice claim against a law firm in a dispute over coverage for ... (more story)

A Philadelphia law firm that dropped its bad faith lawsuit against its insurer was not a true legal entity and never had standing to sue for coverage of a legal malpractice case that ended in a $600,000 judgme... (more story)

Units of Chubb and AIG don't owe coverage to CVS in suits over the opioid epidemic, BP and Chevron needn't reimburse a surety $11 million, a reinsurer must face investors' misrepresentation claims, and an Alli... (more story)

The Third Circuit Wednesday wiped out Maiden Holdings' summary judgment win over investors accusing the reinsurance company of misrepresenting its underwriting and risk management practices, saying the distric... (more story)

A yacht brokerage trade group urged a Florida federal court to reject a magistrate judge's recommendation freeing a professional liability insurer from covering the group in an antitrust class action, arguing ... (more story)

Two manufacturing companies involved in a long-running dispute over coverage for asbestos bodily injury claims have won $23 million from an Allianz unit for damages and interest, with a New York trial court fi... (more story)

An insurer owes nearly $715,000 for two separate losses a credit union incurred after a crime ring hacked a number of its interactive teller machines and a counterfeit check fraud scheme affected multiple acco... (more story)