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Wiley Rein LLP

Professional Services Exclusion Bars Coverage for Suit Stemming from Faulty DNA Analysis

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In a win for Wiley’s client, a Florida federal court held that a professional services exclusion barred coverage for underlying litigation arising out of the insured’s faulty DNA analysis services. A DNA laboratory provided...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Getting in the Weeds on Managing Cannabis Operations Risks Through Insurance

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At its core, risk management involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential risks to minimize losses and ensure business continuity. A routinely used and universally accepted risk management resource that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The California Court of Appeal Interprets the Meaning of “Care, Custody, or Control” in the Context of an Abuse or Molestation...

In 2015, Continental Casualty Company issued a commercial general liability policy to Zongwei Shen dba Nobles Massage Spa. The policy covered Shen (the spa owner) and Zhong Xin (the spa manager and Shen’s wife) for damages...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

December 2024 Insurance Update

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There’s been plenty of litigation over whether construction defect claims qualify for coverage under a CGL policy. This month, we discuss two federal circuit court rulings (First and Seventh Circuits) that reach opposite...more

Carr Maloney P.C.

Coverage Exclusion Under Commercial General Liability Policy In Light of OCIP

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Understanding coverage exclusions in a subcontractor’s commercial general liability insurance policy can be a daunting task. What the insuring language of the policy appears to provide, may be taken away through a policy...more

Morgan Lewis

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Key Insurance Considerations for Impacted Businesses

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The catastrophic collapse of the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge resulted in the tragic loss of life, severed part of Interstate 695, and shut down one of the busiest ports in the United States. The disaster could become...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Insurance for Non-Insurance Attorneys: How do I know which liability policies respond to claims against my clients?

It depends on the nature of the claim against the insured and the type of coverage at issue. Liability insurance policies are broadly understood as either "occurrence" policies or "claims-made" policies, and each has a...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: A Minimum is Not a Maximum: The Texas Supreme Court Rejects a Common Insurer Tactic to Reduce Additional Insured...

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It is an all-too-common scenario for insurance practitioners. Company A hires an independent contractor to perform work on its premises. Their agreement specifies that Contractor will procure liability insurance—often...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Failure to Timely Produce in Discovery Underlying Written Contract with Insured Prevented General Contractor from Establishing...

Voyager Indemnity Insurance Company (“Voyager) issued a commercial liability insurance policy to MRB Construction, Inc. (“MRB Construction”), a framing subcontractor. As is common with such policies, MRB Construction’s policy...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update - April 17, 2023.

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Courts were in full swing deciding insurance coverage issues over the past month or so. Here are a few that caught our attention. The Louisiana Supreme Court became the latest state supreme court to find no coverage for...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Insurers Are Confronting the Combined Forces of Social Inflation, Price Level Inflation, and Greenflation

Insurers and their corporate policyholders have been confronting social inflation since the 1970s. Social inflation, which is the increasing cost of defending and resolving claims, had been raging on—with various ebbs and...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Does Your Company Have Foreign Exposure? Here Are Your Insurance Options

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Whether your company has physical operations in another country or only engages in international sales, you have what is known in the insurance world as foreign exposure. And that means you should be intentional about how you...more

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What’s the Latest on Drone Insurance?

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It’s been nearly a decade since drones first burst onto the scene. Drones used to be something many of us initially considered too high-tech for ordinary aviation hobbyists and associated them more with military applications....more

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Multinational Companies and Local Foreign D&O Liability Insurance

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Multinationals continue to find themselves subject to expanding laws and regulations across the world. Add to this the heightened frequency of cross-border cooperation between regulators and you have a recipe for increased...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Faulty Workmanship May Still Be Covered in Pennsylvania

If you were to look for a quick answer regarding whether a commercial general liability (CGL) policy covers damage resulting from faulty workmanship under Pennsylvania law, you’d likely come out believing the answer is...more

Miller Nash LLP

Tricky Insurance Endorsements Can Weaken Your Liability Coverage

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Every contractor and subcontractor is required to carry liability insurance referred to as Commercial General Liability or “CGL” coverage. These policies are fairly standardized and most people assume that the coverage that...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Insurance Considerations for Cannabis Delivery Services

The legal cannabis industry in the U.S. is growing at an unprecedented rate and is projected to reach $73.6 billion by 2027. While federal law still classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug, many states have legalized both...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Obligations of Insurer and Policyholder E-book

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The liability insurance relationship is primarily one of contract, with the insurance policy as the principal source of the parties’ obligations. As with other types of insurance, the duties of the parties—and the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Business Insurance for Active Shooter Events

With more Americans owning guns than ever before and mass shooting incidents on the rise, more businesses are turning to their insurers. While some insurers specifically offer active shooter or assailant coverages, there is...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

D&O and Professional Liability - 2020: A Year in Review

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The past year once again saw a breadth of court decisions addressing a wide variety of directors and officers and professional liability insurance coverage issues. At various levels, state and federal courts across the...more

White and Williams LLP

Maryland's Top Court Adopts Majority Pro Rata Allocation Rule in "Long Tail" Case

On April 3, 2020, the Maryland Court of Appeals, in a closely-watched case, unanimously rejected the application of an “all sums” allocation and held that damages for continuous bodily injury must be allocated pro rata, by...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Insuring Against the Business Risks of Coronavirus

Coronavirus is already having significant economic impacts on industry, including business interruption and supply disruptions. Liability risks also exist, especially in industries like health care, hospitality,...more

Chartwell Law

Unsecured Technology Raises the Stakes on a Business's Exposure to Risk

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A case filed recently in District Court for the Eastern District of California ups the ante on business’s exposure to liability due to the lack of security measures concerning their technology.  The case of Veronica Brill, et...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Common Misconceptions About Risk Purchasing Groups

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When Congress passed the Federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 in response to skyrocketing insurance premiums being charged for, and the lack of available, commercial liability insurance, a new regime was born....more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Environmental Closure Costs Are Covered! (And Are Not Ordinary Costs of Doing Business)

Insurers have recently argued that environmental property damage claims for “closure” costs arising out of historic pollution are not covered, because the claimed damages are just “ordinary costs of doing business.”...more

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