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Seventh Circuit rejects claimed “methodological” duty in reversing class certification of totaled car valuation dispute

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We have written before about class actions involving disputes about automobile insurers’ valuations of wrecked vehicles deemed a total loss. See, e.g., Eleventh Circuit reverses dismissal of class action disputing State...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Highlights from the NAIC Summer 2025 National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2025 Summer National Meeting from August 10 – 14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where “Minnesota Nice” was on full display, even by the protestors who...more

J.S. Held

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

Maynard Nexsen

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

Phelps Dunbar

New Florida Law May Spur Changes in Builder Insurance and Liability

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Starting July 1, Florida law will require builders of newly constructed homes to provide a mandatory 1-year warranty against material construction defects. The new statute, Section 553.837, Florida Statutes, establishes...more

Conyers

Trusts in Insurance Structures

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Conyers has recently seen a significant increase in the use of trusts in the structuring of insurance transactions entered into by Cayman Islands licensed insurers in addition to their continued use in structuring the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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

Cozen O'Connor

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

Kennedys

[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

Hogan Lovells

Italy sets out the legal framework for compulsory Nat Cat insurance

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The long-awaited Ministerial Decree regulating catastrophic risk insurance schemes implementing the related provisions under the 2024 Italian Budget Law has been recently published in the Italian official Gazette. Companies...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Understanding the Impact of AI: Artificial Intelligence, Construction Contracts, and Even More Complicated Disputes (Properties...

Artificial Intelligence will impact construction in ways that are both predictable and unexpected. Similar to technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and GPS, the use of AI hopes to make construction safer,...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

Goldberg Segalla

Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2024

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners Ashlyn M. Capote and Adam R. Durst for an interactive webinar addressing the latest decisions from courts across the country addressing the relationship between commercial general liability and...more

Wiley Rein LLP

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

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Recent Regulatory Developments Impacting the Insurance Sector in Québec

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Over the past few months, there have been a number of regulatory developments in Québec which will have an important impact on the insurance sector. These include: (i) clarifications on how new French language requirements...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

Marshall Dennehey

Take a Closer Look: The Precise Language of an Out-of-State Coverage Provision Leads To Varying Results

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Key Points: Where the language in an insurance contract is plain and unambiguous, the courts must interpret the terms of the contract according to their plain meaning as written....more

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