Since our last episode on SPACs, the market has cooled some as prime targets are harder to source and capacity in the insurance market continues to squeeze. With skyrocketing premiums and a quick turnaround in the...more
We have all heard about the alarming and ever increasing number of security breaches and ransomware attacks facing businesses. With bad actors continuously evolving and presenting new risks, most companies now fortunately...more
Picking up from our last episode, Lowenstein Corporate Partner Valeska Pederson Hintz joins the conversation about securing D&O insurance coverage for SPACs and deSPACs. Valeska, Lynda Bennett, and Rob Crocitto from ARC...more
After the unprecedented challenges 2020 brought to every business and industry, many companies saw increases in their premiums and self-insured retentions. Many companies are now going into their next D&O insurance renewal...more
This episode is a continuation of Lynda’s conversation with Bridget Choi, Deputy Counsel and Managing Director of Strategy at Kivu Consulting, and David Anderson, VP within Lockton Insurance’s Cyber Technology Group, about...more
3/11/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Insurance Brokers ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Ransomware
In this episode, Lynda is joined by Bridget Choi, Deputy Counsel and Managing Director of Strategy at Kivu Consulting, and David Anderson, VP within Lockton Insurance’s Cyber Technology Group, to discuss the current state of...more
Lowenstein Sandler’s Insurance Recovery Podcast, “Don’t Take No for an Answer,” is a podcast discussing key issues in insurance recovery law, providing both “101” lessons on the nuts and bolts of insurance recovery law, and...more
Recently, a California state court expanded a “bump up” exclusion in excess D&O policies to bar coverage for a settlement of a shareholder class action lawsuit against Onyx and its directors and officers. The shareholders...more
It requires time and effort on the part of policyholders, but claims under representation and warranties (R&W) insurance policies do, in fact, get paid.
That was one of the top findings from a new survey report by national...more
Policyholders purchase excess coverage with the reasonable expectation that they will not face a series of different coverage positions from multiple layers of insurers when seeking payment for claims, but that is not always...more
New Jersey courts have long blazed the trail to shape the landscape nationally on important insurance coverage issues. Many years ago, our Supreme Court found that insurers actually have to deliver on the coverage that they...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a public health and economic crisis of unprecedented magnitude. In the coming weeks and months, it will also lead to insurers, regulators and policyholders clashing over claims issues...more