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Gross Profit Calculation Challenges in Business Interruption Insurance After UAE Floods and COVID-19

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Often, forensic accountants face practical challenges when calculating business interruption (BI) losses. These issues have been highlighted by recent claims following COVID-19 and the 2024 storm in the UAE which caused...more

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Gross Profit Calculation Challenges in Business Interruption Insurance After UAE Floods and COVID-19

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Often, forensic accountants face practical challenges when calculating business interruption (BI) losses. These issues have been highlighted by recent claims following COVID-19 and the 2024 storm in the UAE which caused...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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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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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Insurer’s Use of Conflicting Reports Not Bad Faith, Says Court

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In El Dueno, LLC v. Mid-Century Insurance Company (2025 WL 1540329) (10th Cir. 2025)), the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgement on behalf of the insurer on the basis that the insurer did not act in bad...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

2024 Insurance Law Compendium for California

The Fair Claims Settlement Practice Regulations set forth the relevant time limits for claims handling responses and determinations. The most important time limits are: 15 days to acknowledge receipt of claim (10 Cal. Code...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

When to Notify Your Cyber Carrier of a Security Incident - Dear Mary – Incidents + Investigations Cybersecurity Advice Column

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Our company experienced a cybersecurity incident. It seemed pretty minor — just a few suspicious emails and an employee’s account being locked. To my dismay, we’re now hearing from our IT team that the issue is more serious....more

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[Webinar] After the fire: Managing high net worth and homeowners insurance claims arising from California wildfires - March 13th,...

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Join Kennedys partners Forrest Booth and Neil Mody for an insightful webinar which will explore the complexities of handling first-party property insurance claims arising from California's devastating wildfires. Moderated...more

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[Webinar] 2024 Bad faith year in review - February 4th, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EST

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We are delighted to invite you to our webinar 2024 Bad faith year in review on Tuesday, February 04, 2025. During this webinar, Neil Mody and Chad Pasternack will focus on significant bad faith decisions from 2024. The...more

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Stowers Demands: the Gift that Keeps on Giving

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For this holiday season, we’re looking at a recent case out of Texas that operates as a small gift for insurers, which provides a relatively bright-line rule for future Stowers analyses. As we have previously written, while...more

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Series-Qualifier Canon of Construction Determines the Effect of a Clause at the End of a Series

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, applying New Jersey law, has held that the series-qualifier (and not the last-antecedent) canon of construction applied in an insurance coverage dispute, such that...more

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Claims for Statutory Interest and Attorney’s Fees Do Not Survive Insured’s Death

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Recently, a magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Texas recommended granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, holding that an insured’s claims for statutory interest and attorneys’ fees under Chapter 542 of...more

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What Can You Do Legally in the UAE if Your Car Insurance Company Delays Payment?

In the UAE, car insurance offers significant financial protection in the event of accidents or damages. However, delays in compensation from insurance companies can cause unnecessary stress and financial hardship. UAE law...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

October 2024 Insurance Update

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There is a famous scene in The Pink Panther Strikes Again where inspector Clouseau asks a hotel clerk if his dog bites, to which the clerk responds “no.” When Clouseau goes to pet the dog, it viciously bites him on the hand....more

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Insurance Considerations for Insurers and Businesses Following Heavy UAE Rainfall

In light of the recent heavy rainfall in the UAE, both insurers and businesses must understand the legal framework outlined in Federal Law No. 5/1985 on Civil Transactions Law or Civil Code. This law provides comprehensive...more

Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] Reinsurance 101: An Overview of Important Concepts - June 18th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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While reinsurance deals with some of the most complex risks in the insurance system, understanding reinsurance doesn’t have to be complex. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Bruce Engel and Larry Mason as they present an overview...more

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[Webinar] When and How to Tender a Claim - April 18th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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How can you realize the many benefits of tendering a claim in the most efficient, effective way possible? In this free, interactive webinar, Goldberg Segalla partners Sarah J. Delaney and Lisa M. Only will provide the tools...more

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[Webinar] An Ohio Primer: Critical Insurance Coverage Issues in the Buckeye State - April 9th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Ohio presents unique challenges to practitioners handling insurance claims in the state. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Michael A. Hamilton and Sean P. Hvisdas as they host a live, interactive webinar on some of the most...more

Vedder Price

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter: April 2024

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Drafters beware! No assignment clauses vs transfers by operation of law - In Dassault Aviation SA v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd1 , the Court of Appeal found that the transfer of rights to an insurer by operation of...more

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[Webinar] A Pennsylvania Primer: Critical Insurance Coverage Issues in the Keystone State - November 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Pennsylvania presents unique challenges to practitioners handling insurance claims in the state. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Michael A. Hamilton, Colleen E. Hayes and Sean P. Hvisdas as they host a live, interactive...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Tort Choice-of-Law Principles Apply to Bad Faith Claims

In a recent decision, the Ohio Supreme Court held that Section 145 of the Restatement of the Law 2d, Conflict of Laws must be applied when determining the state law applicable to an insured’s bad faith claim. Noting that bad...more

Woodruff Sawyer

[Webinar] D&O Insurance Trends Looking Ahead to 2024 - September 26th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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The softening D&O market has continued into 2023, with 91% of our clients experiencing a cost reduction in their renewal in the first half of the year. Self-insured retentions have also continued to fall. The soft market is a...more

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[Webinar] Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2023 - September 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Join Goldberg Segalla’s Ashlyn M. Capote and Adam R. Durst for an interactive webinar regarding how courts interpret the relationship between commercial general liability and business auto policies. Ashlyn and Adam will...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

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