Insurer Can't Escape Bad-Faith Claims, Ga. Gas Cos. Say
As Hurricane Nears, Another Fla. Insurer Goes Insolvent
Insurer Seeks Apportionment Of Ransomware Claim Costs
Insurer Can't Escape Bad-Faith Claims, Ga. Gas Cos. Say
Navigators Insurance Co. can't escape its coverage duties to Atlanta Gas Light Co. even if its named insured reached a settlement over a gas leak explosion that injured three people, the gas company told an Indiana federal court Monday, arguing it is entitled to additional insured coverage.
As Hurricane Nears, Another Fla. Insurer Goes Insolvent
Another insurance company in Florida has gone insolvent, prompting state regulators to seek a court's approval to be appointed receiver for FedNat Insurance Co., just days before the state's first major hurricane of 2022 is expected to make landfall.
Insurer Seeks Apportionment Of Ransomware Claim Costs
Liberty Surplus Insurance Co. said another insurer must reimburse it for what the Liberty Mutual unit spent to cover a manufacturer of sheet metal tools for a ransomware attack, telling a California federal court that a Tokio Marine unit was ducking most of its shared coverage obligations.
Expert Analysis
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An Ohio federal judge partially allowed a Chubb unit on Monday to move forward with its bid to recoup coverage paid to a Minnesota broadcaster for an $8.5 million HVAC fire, finding the parties disagree on whe... (more story)
A State National unit asked an Indiana federal court to find that it doesn't owe coverage to Daisy Nail Products Inc., arguing its policy doesn't cover the company's liability for a salon fire at the center of... (more story)
The owner of a Las Vegas mall asked the Nevada Supreme Court to deny its insurer's bid to reverse a lower court's ruling allowing the mall's COVID-19 coverage suit to move forward, citing a first-of-its-kind r... (more story)
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An underwater treasure hunter requested that a Washington federal judge reconsider granting insurance coverage in an underlying lawsuit over his stalled hunt for gold from an early 20th-century Alaskan shipwreck.
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A California appellate panel affirmed the dismissal of a utility consultant's COVID-19 coverage suit, but allowed it to amend its suit, in a decision giving both sides something to praise.
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Norfolk Southern Railway Co. asked a Georgia federal court Monday to find an insurer must pay to defend a wrongful death lawsuit brought against it by the husband of a woman killed by a train while crossing tracks in 2021.
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A New York federal judge handed American International Group a win Friday in a lawsuit by the former head of its legal consulting arm, ruling the ex-employee's own statements doom his claims that he was retali... (more story)
Vaughan Baio & Partners has added 11 attorneys from Pallo Marks Hernandez Gechijian & DeMay PA to open offices in two cities in Florida, poaching three more from Hurvitz & Waldman to set up shop in Atlantic Co... (more story)
The auto insurer for a construction company contracted by New York City said a Travelers unit cannot force it to cover a suit brought by an injured worker, telling a New York federal court Friday that the unde... (more story)
More than a dozen insurers commenced appeals of the Boy Scouts of America's confirmed Chapter 11 plan, proposed attorneys and advisers in an Alex Jones-linked bankruptcy were disqualified, and talc injury clai... (more story)
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An insurer told a Missouri federal court that it shouldn't have to cover $1.4 million in damages caused by copper theft at a St. Louis property robbed on Christmas Day, arguing that its theft exclusion was cle... (more story)
A construction company involved in litigation over work it did in building a school on a military base misrepresented the size and scope of its business when applying for insurance coverage, the company's insu... (more story)
An insurer said a bank that settled an underlying suit with a car dealership over outstanding loan payments isn't entitled to coverage, telling an Oklahoma federal court that the bank failed to prove it suffer... (more story)
A second-layer excess insurer for Hertz asked a New York federal court to enjoin Delaware superior court proceedings brought by the rental car company, accusing Hertz of forum shopping and failing to meet the ... (more story)
A waste management company told a New York federal court that its insurers must reimburse it for losses stemming from numerous breaches of representations and warranties in a transaction agreement in which the... (more story)
A second insurer for the Illinois Department of Insurance asked a federal court to toss the department's $4 million coverage bid for a phishing scheme, saying it had provided social engineering coverage and th... (more story)
Pacific Premier Bank can continue seeking insurance coverage for underlying suits alleging it helped keep a Ponzi scheme afloat by offering ill-advised lines of credit, a California federal judge said Friday, ... (more story)