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Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] Time-Limited, Policy Limits Demand: Critical Issues Facing Insurers When Settling Third-Party Liability Claims - July...

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners Brady Yntema and Jeff Matty for an interactive webinar discussing critical issues facing insurers when presented with a time-limited, policy-limits demand to settle third-party liability claims...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

A Magnifying Glass on the Notice Prejudice Standard in Massachusetts for Excess Insurers

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What happens between a primary and excess liability insurer when their mutual insured is hit with a verdict $2.15 million over the primary limit and the excess insurer was not put on notice until after the verdict? This was...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Insurance in the Know (Part 2): Settlement Offers Within Policy Limits Heighten Scrutiny on Insurers

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Parties to a lawsuit may have vastly different perspectives on the validity and value of a claim, but as a matter of course, the issue of settlement will arise. Trial is an exceedingly expensive endeavor with an uncertain...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

More Stringent California Claim Law Could Benefit Policyholders

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To combat a perceived litigation tactic by plaintiffs counsel of using settlement demands within policy limits to set up insurers for bad faith, insurance company associations lobbied for statutory clarification to avoid...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Equitable Subrogation: A Useful Tool for Your Excess Insurer When Your Primary Insurer Refuses to Settle Within its Limits

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Every policyholder will likely face a scenario where its primary insurer refuses a settlement offer within limits. The primary insurer is potentially liable for that excess verdict if it acted in bad faith by refusing to...more

Jones Day

JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Insurance Implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act

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Jones Day Insurance Recovery partner Rich DeNatale talks about insurance implications for clients subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), including policy limits and coverage for statutory damages. The CCPA...more

Cozen O'Connor

Massachusetts: Third-Party Claim Handler Made Reasonable, Prompt Efforts to Settle Nursing Home Liability Claim, and Therefore Was...

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On March 18, 2019, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision holding that Sedgwick Claims Management Services made reasonable and prompt efforts to settle a nursing home liability claim, and therefore was not...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

New York’s Highest Court Delivers a Blow to Policyholders in Allocation of Long-Tail Liability Coverage

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The conflict between policyholders and insurers over “long-tail” insurance coverage took an unfortunate turn with a recent decision by the New York Court of Appeals on the issue of allocation for long-tail claims. On March...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Reverses Mississippi District Court’s Interpretation of “Ambiguous” Language to Nullify Defense Within Limits...

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Insurance policies that include the cost of defending a particular claim or action within the policy’s limit of liability, often referred to as “burning,” “eroding,” or “defense within” limits policies, are common in the...more

Cozen O'Connor

Florida Alert: Can a Liability Carrier be Sued for Bad Faith when Its Insured Was Not Exposed to Liability In Excess of the Policy...

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The Third District Court of Appeals finding recently held that in certain circumstances, a third party can maintain a bad faith claim against an insurer even if the insured is not exposed to liability in excess of the policy...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Third Circuit Holds That Insured Must Reimburse Insurer For Litigation Costs Paid In Excess Of Sub-limit

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In CAMICO Mutual Insurance Co. v. Heffler, Radetich & Saitta, L.L.P., the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that a $100,000 sub-limit for claims involving employee misappropriation, misuse,...more

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