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Carlton Fields

Pennsylvania District Court Denies Mortgagee’s Late Suit Against Homeowner’s Insurer as Barred by Policy’s Limitations Clause

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The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently granted summary judgment in an insurance coverage dispute between intervenor LoanDepot.com LLC and Allstate Insurance Co., holding that LoanDepot’s suit...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Maryland High Court Ruling Clarifies Claim Assignment

A policyholder's ability to assign its rights to insurance proceeds can be an effective tool of risk mitigation. However, insurance policies often incorporate assignment clauses, which require policyholders to obtain their...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

The Hidden Risks of “Per-Occurrence” Self-Insured Retentions in CGL Coverage

General and products liability policies are a cornerstone of risk management for businesses, providing protection against alleged liability because of bodily injury, property damage, and personal or advertising injury claims....more

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Insurance Policy Voided Due to Attorney’s Failure to Disclose Disciplinary History

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, applying West Virginia law, has held that an insurer was entitled to rescind an insurance policy based on the insured’s misrepresentations regarding...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

Rivkin Radler LLP

June 2025 Insurance Update

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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

Carlton Fields

Seventh Circuit Holds Liability Carrier Did Not Act in Bad Faith by Paying Underinsured Motorist Benefits After Four Years of...

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In Wolf v. Riverport Insurance Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s holding, under Illinois law, that an underinsured motorist insurer did not breach its insurance contract, and no implied...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Insurance – Texas Style, Part 1: Stowers Liability and Insurance Towers

This is the first in a series of discussions about insurance issues unique to the Lone Star State. For nearly a century, the Stowers doctrine has been a critical cornerstone of Texas insurance law protecting insureds...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Florida Federal District Court: Florida Law Governs Property Insurance Disputes Involving Florida Real Property Owned by Florida...

Bucking a general consensus that had emerged over the last decade, a South Florida federal district court ruled recently that Florida law would govern a property insurance dispute involving Florida real property, even though...more

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IVASS extends to EU insurers its recent guidelines to simplify insurance policy wording

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In a letter to the market published by IVASS yesterday, the Italian insurance regulator expressly clarified that the scope of application of the guidelines set out in a previous letter to the market also includes EU insurance...more

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IVASS and AGCM bring actions against unfair clauses contained in accident and health insurance contracts

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The Italian Insurance Regulator ("IVASS") and the Italian Competition Authority ("AGCM") have taken coordinated actions against certain clauses contained in health and accidents insurance policies that cover permanent...more

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