NGE OnDemand: The Importance of Timely Reporting Occurrences, Claims and Suits to Insurers with Paul Walker-Bright
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, applying Florida law, has held that letters from an insured company explaining the basis for termination of its CEO and President and requesting that he preserve...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, applying Florida law, has held that a D&O policy did not cover a claim against directors because the claim related back to an earlier policy period, even...more
The Supreme Court of South Dakota has held that a state insurance liquidator’s notice of a claim first made and reported four months after the insolvent insurer’s claims-made policy period had ended was within the policy’s...more
On October 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Hanover Ins. Co. v. R.W. Dunteman Co., 2022 WL 13769371, --- F.4th --- (7th Cir. Oct. 24, 2022) (applying Illinois law), affirmed a district court’s...more
An 11th Circuit decision issued earlier this year serves as a reminder of the importance of carefully evaluating time-based exclusions and retroactive dates when procuring or renewing coverage. Liability policies such as...more
On February 11, 2016, the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Templo Fuente de Vida Corp. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, declared that an insurance company was not required to show it suffered prejudice before...more
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that an insurer may disclaim coverage without showing it was prejudiced by a policyholder’s failure to comply with a claims-made policy’s notice provision. In Templo Fuente De...more