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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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Keeping an Eye Out for Litigation Involving Increasingly Popular Gap Coverage

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So-called “gap” insurance policies – policies that provide critical-illness, hospital-indemnity and specified-disease coverage – have been on the rise due to a number of factors, including the frequency of high-deductible...more

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Lawsuits Alleging Misconduct Based on Flawed Testing Procedures Deemed Not “Related Claims”

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, applying Virginia law, has held that two lawsuits alleging misconduct based on flawed drug testing procedures performed by the insured do not constitute...more

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Bad Faith No More: New York Courts Shift the Insurance Paradigm

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In this episode of Don't Take No For An Answer, Lynda A. Bennett and Eric Jesse discuss two New York cases that mark a turning point in allowing policyholders to pursue bad faith claims against their insurers. The cases shift...more

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Noncompliance With Policy’s “Duties After Loss” Provision Leads to Denial of Fire Loss Claim

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In Caribe D. Billie v. Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. et al, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut granted Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp.’s (“Insurer”) motion for summary judgment, holding that the Insurer was...more

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A Simple Guide: What if My Life Insurance Claim Is Denied?

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How does the life insurance claims process work? Industry surveys contend that life insurance claims are denied less than 5% of the time, while others more skeptical of the life insurance industry believe the denial rate is...more

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[Webinar] Cannabis, Insurance, and Risk Management: Tools to Prevent Loss and Make Insurance a Profit Center - March 29th, 12:00...

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Cannabis operators and ancillary service providers face mounting losses and liabilities from theft, cyber-attacks, natural disasters, product recalls, text marketing, and employment wage and hour issues. In 2022, risk...more

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States are Limiting Insurers' Ability to Cancel Policies during Pandemic

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Following other states, like Georgia, that have recently issued orders that prevent insurers from canceling insurance policies during the ongoing pandemic, Delaware has issued an order that insurers cannot cancel policies...more

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In Rare Move, Seventh Circuit Reverses Itself and Holds that Insured Did Not Lose Coverage for Notifying Consecutive Insurers of a...

It is rare for the federal courts of appeals to grant petitions for rehearing. See Hon. R. Arnold, “Why Judges Don’t Like Petitions for Rehearing,” 3 J. App. Prac. & Proc. 29 (2001). Current statistics are a bit hard to find,...more

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