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Prior Knowledge Exclusion Bars Coverage for Entire Lawsuit Alleging Multiple Instances of Wrongdoing

The United States District Court for the District of Vermont has held that there is no coverage under a CGL and professional liability policy for all claims in an underlying suit brought against an insured residential care...more

Prior Knowledge Provisions Barred Coverage for Malpractice Claim Based on Pre-Policy Sanctions and Default Judgment

The Montana Supreme Court has held that there was no coverage under a lawyers professional liability policy for a client’s malpractice claim because the lawyer knew of and failed to disclose, prior to the insured law firm’s...more

Insurer Entitled to Rescind Policy Due to Insured’s Failure to Disclose Contract Dispute and Potential Claim on Application

A California federal district court has ruled that an insurer could rescind a professional liability policy because its insured failed to disclose a customer dispute and potential claim in its application for...more

No Coverage for Lawsuit Alleging Intentional Conduct to Circumvent Estate Plan

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, applying Illinois law, has held that a professional liability insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify an employee of its insured realty management...more

Lawsuits Concerning Same Housing Development Project Are Related Claims

The California Court of Appeal, applying California law, has held that two lawsuits arising from work performed by the same insured engineering firm on a housing development constitute related claims under the firm’s...more

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