Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Insurance Implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act
TCPA insurance used to be very difficult to come by but slowly carriers are starting to write policies to protect companies from TCPA liability. Most of the policies are low limit high deductible affairs– $1MM is the max that...more
This year began like the last one ended, with lots of activity. Total loss class actions kept going around the country, and labor depreciation class actions experienced ups and downs, depending on one’s viewpoint. New class...more
Why is protecting biometric information so important? Biometrics rely on our physical features to securely gain access to sensitive data—think facial and iris/retina recognition, or fingerprint and even voice scanning. The...more
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
On Monday, November 16, 2018, in AXIS Reinsurance Company v. Northrop Grumman Corporation, Case No. 17-8660 (C.D. Cal.), a federal district court in California ruled that an excess fiduciary liability insurer did not owe...more
Welcome to our second Roundup of 2017, where we feature the cases litigated and settlements finalized during the second calendar quarter of the year. It was a very active quarter in almost all of the categories we monitor,...more
Four independent auto body shops sued Progressive Casualty Insurance Company in state court in Cleveland. Their gripe? They claimed that they repaired Progressive-covered vehicles but that Progressive tortiously interfered...more
Insurance policies typically include a cooperation clause, which requires the insured to cooperate with the insurer in the defense of a covered claim. Insurers routinely use this clause as a sword against their insureds by...more
Insurers typically adjust (or propose to adjust) the policy limits on a homeowners’ policy every year to take into account changes in the cost of construction. This is intended to help insureds make sure that sufficient...more