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Out With a Bang: Current State of Play on Coverage for COVID-Related Losses
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JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Insurance Implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act
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Kennedys partners Jared Greisman, Aaron Konstam, Louis Kozloff and Colin Willmott will be presenting a webinar on understanding business income claims on May 1, 2025. The webinar will survey key contours of business income...more
Policyholders affected by the devastating fires should take certain immediate steps to maximize potential recovery. The Los Angeles County wildfires that began on January 7, 2025, and continue to ravage the communities of...more
In Life Skills, Inc. v. Harleysville Insurance Company, 2024 WL 3792261 (D. Mass. 2024), the District Court of Massachusetts found that “collapse” provisions within a commercial property policy were ambiguous where a floor...more
Sands Anderson’s Brian Pitney recently interviewed independent insurance agent Chris Hall, owner of The Halls of Insurance about recent changes in the insurance industry. They discussed increases in insurance premiums,...more
Earlier in 2022, CBRE forecasted a 14.1% year-over-year increase in construction costs by year-end 2022, as labor and material costs continue to rise, despite the expectation that overall cost inflation for materials would...more
“Highly protected risk” (HPR) is an insurance industry term referring to a risk that has been controlled and managed through various measures....more
The issuance of various governmental orders requiring businesses to temporarily modify or close their operations during the COVID-19 pandemic led to an immediate avalanche of claims and lawsuits involving first-party...more
As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2022, things are still looking good for insurers in the COVID-19 coverage litigation battle. The issuance of various governmental orders requiring businesses to temporarily...more
When COVID-19 ground the world to a halt, policyholders and insurance-coverage attorneys made predictions about the effectiveness of insurance against coronavirus-related losses. And the outlook wasn’t great. This article...more
The pace of new COVID-19 coverage actions has slowed down in recent months, but new cases continue to be filed. As of August 31, 2021, according to the Penn Law COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker, more than 1,980...more
On May 12, 2021, the Governor of New Jersey signed into law a bill that will require authorized insurers that provide property and business interruption insurance for commercial property in New Jersey to provide a summary to...more
One year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic ground the world to a halt, our firm’s virtual offices were inundated with calls from policyholders, asking if their current and projected losses due to the pandemic would be covered...more
For an incredible 10-day period in mid-February, Texas was battered by a brutal winter storm bringing snow, ice, and record-low temperatures. Millions of Texans were without power and water for days. These conditions forced...more
A Manhattan law firm sued Midvale Indemnity Company seeking coverage under the firm’s commercial property insurance policy for losses caused by stay-at-home and social distancing directives issued by New York State in...more
Companies in the United States continue to file business interruption lawsuits against their insurers for claims arising from state and local government shutdown orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 1,250...more
For businesses that were shut down by COVID-19 a common question is whether there is coverage for business interruption. In New York, the answer is no. This should be the answer nationwide. Coverage for business interruption...more
Although your insurance company undoubtedly will try to convince you that you have no coverage for your business interruption losses from COVID-19, do not be so quick to accept the insurer’s position. In its simplest terms,...more
The insurance industry’s generic arguments that there is no coverage for the COVID-19 pandemic should not be accepted at face value, as coverage may be available depending on specific policy terms and individualized facts. ...more
If your organization sustains COVID-19 losses, carefully examine your commercial property insurance policy for coverage. Although your insurer may deny coverage by claiming that your policy requires physical loss or property...more
In Kendall South Medical Center v. Consolidated Insurance Nation, No. 3D16-926, 2017 WL 1908376, *1 (Fla. 3d DCA May 10, 2017), the Third District Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s fourth dismissal of Kendall South...more
On August 29, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a Colorado district court ruling that the sudden obliteration of a building in a 2013 mudslide did not constitute an “explosion” under a commercial...more
In This Issue: - Crowdfunding — What It Is, What to Watch - Spotlight on Insurance: Know the Risks Involved with the Protective Safeguards Endorsement - Reinvestment In Leased Retail Space — Top 10 Legal...more