State Farm Investigation In Calif. Spotlights Adjuster Issues
A California regulatory investigation into State Farm's California subsidiary is spotlighting common issues in the insurance recovery process following major disasters, but experts also say that the insurer's high level of exposure opened it up to more consumer scrutiny.
Q&A: Policyholder Atty On Career Win Against Calif. FAIR Plan
A major ruling last week that fire insurance offered by California's insurer of last resort doesn't meet minimum standards under state law should redefine the conversation around what constitutes insurable fire risk, according to one of the plaintiff's lawyers. Here, Law360 talks to policyholder attorney Dylan Schaffer of Kerley Schaffer LLP about the decision and case he regards as the most meaningful in his career.
Bankruptcy Motion Marks Rising Salience Of Cyber Coverage
Unprecedented arguments in a data company's bankruptcy petition that cite a failure to maintain adequate cyberinsurance coverage underscores the growing view that this specialty coverage can represent an important, if not essential, form of risk mitigation for certain organizations. Here, Russell Squire of Reed Smith LLP's insurance recovery group spoke to Law360 about how arguments in one case represented growing recognition of the importance of cyberinsurance and the liability risks posed by data breaches.
State Farm Investigation In Calif. Spotlights Adjuster Issues
A California regulatory investigation into State Farm's California subsidiary is spotlighting common issues in the insurance recovery process following major disasters, but experts also say that the insurer's high level of exposure opened it up to more consumer scrutiny.
Q&A: Policyholder Atty On Career Win Against Calif. FAIR Plan
A major ruling last week that fire insurance offered by California's insurer of last resort doesn't meet minimum standards under state law should redefine the conversation around what constitutes insurable fire risk, according to one of the plaintiff's lawyers. Here, Law360 talks to policyholder attorney Dylan Schaffer of Kerley Schaffer LLP about the decision and case he regards as the most meaningful in his career.
Bankruptcy Motion Marks Rising Salience Of Cyber Coverage
Unprecedented arguments in a data company's bankruptcy petition that cite a failure to maintain adequate cyberinsurance coverage underscores the growing view that this specialty coverage can represent an important, if not essential, form of risk mitigation for certain organizations. Here, Russell Squire of Reed Smith LLP's insurance recovery group spoke to Law360 about how arguments in one case represented growing recognition of the importance of cyberinsurance and the liability risks posed by data breaches.
Expert Analysis
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Property More
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Insurance brokerage Marsh told a New York federal court that a competing brokerage orchestrated a scheme with former Marsh employees to steal clients in its surety business, noting that the competitor has face... (more story)
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A property insurer for a golf course owner told a North Carolina federal court it should toss the owner's claims that the insurer failed to pay an additional $3.1 million in coverage for Hurricane Helene-relat... (more story)
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General Liability More
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A group of insurance carriers is asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject cosmetic seller Avon Products' Chapter 11 plan, saying it would unfairly force them to pay possibly bogus talc injury claims.
In a closely divided order Wednesday, the Michigan Supreme Court held that insurance policies straddling the dates for which 2019 no-fault reforms went into effect are subjected to post-reform increased limits... (more story)
A New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday pushed back a hearing on the Chapter 11 plan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse two months until she can hear arguments on insurance settlements that are central to the plan.
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The Idaho Supreme Court has dismissed a widow's suit against Sun Valley Co. alleging the company was negligent and liable for the death of her husband from hitting a snow machine while skiing, finding that the... (more story)
A grocery chain and a Chubb unit told a North Carolina state court they've agreed to drop their insurance coverage claims against each other with prejudice over a raft of underlying opioid lawsuits.
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A man injured in a car crash cannot recover underinsured motorist, or UIM, coverage under his employer's commercial auto policy, the Fourth Circuit ruled, vacating his $1 million award based on guidance from W... (more story)
A water purification company that's faced a bevy of product liability lawsuits over a disinfectant product needs to pay only one $5 million retained limit before a Chubb unit's coverage obligations under umbre... (more story)
Specialty Lines More
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A Missouri-based life insurer agreed to pay $45 million to settle a group of proposed and certified class actions accusing it of using certain nonmortality factors, contrary to policy language, to impose highe... (more story)
Three Hartford units have no duty to cover a brake and clutch manufacturer for an asbestos injury settlement, a New Jersey federal court ruled, finding the company's late notice of the claim doomed its chances at coverage.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined accepting a petition for certiorari attacking the Ninth Circuit's "uniquely standardless approach" for asking state supreme courts to answer questions of state law, in... (more story)
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State Farm will likely face class certification in a California federal homeowners insurance case, the Ninth Circuit sought input from New York's top court over automakers' duties, and a New York federal court... (more story)
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