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2025 Hurricane Season for Insurance

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As the 2025 hurricane season unfolds, insurance companies prepare. Early summer is time to closely monitor hurricane forecasts, assess risks, and account for financial implications that could arise due to increased property...more

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Insurance Producer Exposure When Procuring Cover for Sophisticated Clients

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Generally speaking, insurance producers face fairly routine obligations when procuring cover. Every state imposes a general duty to exercise that degree of care, skill and diligence a reasonable producer would exhibit to his...more

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Court Denies Reinsurer’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings Where Complaint Alleged Retaliatory Conduct During Applicable Policy...

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Applying Washington state law, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington has denied a reinsurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings where, although alleged sexual assaults occurred before its...more

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Alabama Federal Court Holds That Tort of Bad Faith Does Not Extend to Reinsurance Contracts

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In Alabama Municipal Insurance Corp. v. Munich Reinsurance America Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama addressed whether, under Alabama law, “reinsurance falls within the limited category of...more

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English Court Decides COVID-19 is a “Catastrophe”

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The English Court has, for the first time, considered the meaning of a “catastrophe”, as well as how Hours Clauses work in the context of non-damage business interruption losses claimed under two Property Catastrophe Excess...more

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Reinsurer Permitted to Intervene in Affiliate’s Lawsuit Related to Breach of MGA Agreement

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Texas Insurance Co. sued Talisman Specialty Underwriters Inc. for breaching the parties’ managing general agent (MGA) agreement by authorizing the issuance of hundreds of insurance policies by Texas Insurance in sectors (like...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Decision That Insurer Is Entitled to Reinsurance Coverage for an Allocated Portion of Settlement

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In Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. v. OneBeacon Insurance Co., the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order granting summary judgment to plaintiff Fireman’s Fund, holding that defendant OneBeacon is...more

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D.C. Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Reinsurers

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The D.C. Circuit recently affirmed a judgment in favor of reinsurers in a suit brought by an insured after concluding that the insured could not assert breach of contract and related claims against the reinsurers because the...more

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Four New Cyber War Exclusions from Lloyd’s Market Association

The Lloyd’s Market Association (the “LMA”) recently released four model clauses to exclude coverage for “war” from cyber insurance policies. The exclusions align with the requirement that all insurance policies written at...more

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A Fortunes Cookie For The U.S. Reinsurance Industry

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Much of American law is derivative of British law, and this is particularly true in the realm of reinsurance law. In the UK, courts distinguish between ‘follow the fortunes clauses’ and ‘follow the settlements clauses’ and...more

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Climate Change for Insurers: When Politics Fail, Flood the Courts

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This article follows on from a series of previous articles seeking to address climate change litigation in the context of insurance and reinsurance. Three different, but important, decisions in December 2019 have once again...more

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Eighth Circuit Reinstates Arbitration Award Stemming From Federal Crop Insurance Policy

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The Eighth Circuit reversed a district court decision vacating an arbitration award relating to a federal crop insurance policy issued through a standard reinsurance agreement with the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC). The...more

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Court Dismisses Reinsurance Litigation in Favor of Prior Pending Action

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The plaintiffs, U.S. Fire Insurance Co. and North River Insurance Co., issued 12 umbrella and excess umbrella liability policies for a combined coverage of $244 million to a manufacturer of respiratory protection equipment...more

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Special Focus: The Reinsurance Follow the Fortunes Doctrine: Purely Contractual or Always Present?

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The follow the fortunes (or follow the settlements) doctrine has been an important part of many reinsurance relationships. This Special Focus article focuses on divergent case law as to whether the doctrine is purely a matter...more

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New York’s High Court Scales Back Reinsurance Liability Cap

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In Excess Insurance Co. Ltd. v Factory Mutual Insurance Co., 3 NY3d 577 (N.Y. 2004), New York’s high court held that, under a facultative reinsurance agreement, the reinsurer’s liability was limited to a per occurrence cap,...more

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Discovery Opinions Show Limits Of Privilege And Broad Standard Of Relevance

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Three recent opinions issued by courts highlight the scope and limitations of a party’s right to discovery of reinsurance, reserve and allegedly privileged information in insurance coverage disputes....more

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