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Delaware Supreme Court delivers split decision to insurers in 3M coverage row

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The Delaware Supreme Court’s 3-2 Aearo Technologies LLC Insurance Appeals decision on August 12, 2025 affirmed a lower court ruling that payment of defense costs by a non-insured did not count toward the insured’s...more

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Maryland’s Highest Court Corrects Insurer’s Overreach on Insurance Policy’s Assignment Clause

Insurance policies often incorporate assignment clauses, which require policyholders to obtain their insurers’ written consent before assigning their insurance policies to others. For example, the ISO Common Policy Conditions...more

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Landlords Compelled to Hand Over Insurance Commissions to Tenants

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Summary - The English High Court has ruled in the case of London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd and others,1 that a landlord responsible for insuring leased premises cannot charge tenants for landlord...more

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Beware Misuse of Related-Claims Deemer Clauses in Claims-Made Policies

The hallmark of a claims-made liability policy is coverage exclusively for claims “first made” during the policy period, thus limiting the insurer’s risk to new claims asserted against the policyholder during a finite time...more

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Endorsement Read to Require Privity of Contract between Policyholder and Additional Insured to Extend Coverage - Construction and...

A recent New York case highlights the importance of thoroughly analyzing all contract language in minimizing project risk. In Gilbane Bldg. Co./TDX Construction Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Mar. Ins. Co., the Court of Appeals of...more

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