Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2024
Standard Formula Podcast | Reinsurance and Risk Transfer: Risk Mitigation Under the Solvency II Regime
A Deeper Dive Into Insurance Topics for Nonprofits: Special Events Coverage and Considerations When Making Claims
Nonprofit Basics: Insurance Coverage for the New Nonprofit
Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2022
Insurance Renewals: Know When to Hold ‘ Em, Know When to Walk Away
Cyberside Chats: There is a war in Europe. What does that mean for your cyber insurance policy?
How to Use an Insurer’s Service Offerings to Reduce Costs
Coverage Litigation Leapfrog: Why Venue Matters and How to Avoid Pre-emptive Strike Actions
Can’t We All Just Get Along? Effective Ways to Navigate the Tri-Partite Relationship Among Policyholders, Insurers, and Insurer Chosen Defense Counsel
NGE On Demand: Insurance and Indemnity Issues for Family Offices with Angela Elbert
Navigating the New Normal: Risk Management and Legal Considerations for Real Estate Companies
Subro Sense Podcast - Considerations In Fixed Funds/Limited Pool Scenarios
When negotiating your organization’s contracts, you may be tempted to assume that including an insurance provision requiring your counter-party to maintain adequate policies covering their obligations to you is relatively...more
Meritage Homes of Texas, Florida, and Meritage Homes Corporation (collectively, “Meritage”), a national residential homebuilder, brought suit against its umbrella insurer, AIG Specialty Insurance Company (“AIG”), over...more
It’s said that an ant can carry fifty times its own weight. That’s nothing. A recent decision out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit provides a compelling reminder to policyholders and their counsel: Even the...more
In Luke, Inc. v. Berkley National Insurance Company, 2025 WL 2210783 (W.D. Tenn. 2025), the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee determined that the “completion” of a construction project for...more
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
In Mandarin Oriental, Inc. v. HDI Glob. Ins. Co. et al., Civil Action No. 23 Civ. 4951, 2025 WL 1638071 (S.D.N.Y. June 10, 2025), the District Court of the Southern District of New York followed the modern trend and allowed...more
We’ve selected five recent insurance decisions for this month’s update. Foreign insurers will be pleased with the Second Circuit’s revamped view of the New York Convention. In finding that the international treaty is...more
Excess insurance policies are generally written to be just that; they—through their “other insurance” provisions—purport apply in excess of other insurance available to the insured. In many jurisdictions, courts will commonly...more
When state law provides that an insurance contract can be rescinded for misrepresentations only if they are “material,” can an insurer contract around that rule by adding an exclusion for all claims based on any...more
Welcome to the third edition of Global Insurance Updates, a publication from our international insurance team that brings you insights into the latest legal developments across global insurance markets. This edition...more
The increasingly unstable political situation in Venezuela, exacerbated by the exile of opposition candidate Edmundo González following disputed presidential election results, compels U.S. financial services companies,...more
On June 3, 2023, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed into law AB 398 (the Act) which modifies the Nevada insurance code by restricting the types of liability policies that can be offered in the state. The End of Eroding Limits...more
In the latest edition of Sullivan's webinar series, Marian Boyle, Head of Insurance and Dispute Resolution at Sullivan's London office discussed the key clauses found in comprehensive non-payment insurance (NPI) policies. She...more
On Nov. 23, the New York Court of Appeals held in a 6-1 ruling that an investment firm’s $140 million disgorgement payment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was not a “penalt[y] imposed by law” under the firm’s...more
The FCA has written to the Boards of personal and commercial line (PL&CL) insurers to give an updated overview of what the FCA considers are the key risks of harm PL&CL insurers pose to their customers and the markets in...more
The High Court has yesterday handed down its judgment in the test case of The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and Others. The case, brought by the Financial Conduct Authority on behalf of policyholders and joined by two...more
There has been a drumbeat of news reports about Wuhan, China, a city more populous than any in the United States, which is in effective lock-down because of the coronavirus. Foreign nationals are being evacuated, travel has...more
Last week, Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle. The hurricane was the third strongest to strike the United States and the largest to ever make landfall on the Florida Panhandle. Some of Florida’s most historic...more
In his recent blog post on disaster planning for businesses, Foley associate Nicholas E. Williams noted: “Business interruption insurance, which covers the loss of income suffered by a business after a disaster, plays an...more
In the last decade, Disaster Recovery (“DR”) and Business Continuity Planning (“BCP”) have become “hot” topics, as companies attempt to deal with disasters and the associated business risks. “Force majeure” is a legal concept...more