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August 19, 2014
12:00 PM EST

In a fast-paced debate based on a management liability hypothetical, our panel of experienced insurance industry insiders will discuss multiple issues and precedents typically arising in duty to advance cases. …
Read More PLUS Complimentary Webinar: An Insurer’s Duty to Advance, Notwithstanding Coverage Defenses

Insurance industry professionals and attorneys are closely following the most recent concussion-based litigations as they proceed through state and federal courts. In the aftermath of such class actions—which have and likely will continue to result in settlements or awards at least in the hundreds of millions of dollars—the focus shifts to the policies of insurers and reinsurers and whether those policies provide coverage for the underlying claims. …
Read More Declaratory Judgment Action Battles Follow Concussion Class Actions

In Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co (Europe) Ltd and Anor v The Mayor’s Office For Policing And Crime [2014] EWCA Civ 682, the Court of Appeal has handed down a landmark decision on the recoverability of consequential losses under s2(1) of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 (the “Act”). …
Read More UK: Court of Appeal Reverses Decision of High Court and Rules That Consequential Losses are Recoverable Under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886

In Catlin Specialty Ins. Co. v. Am. Superconductor Corp., 12-2314-BLS1 (Mass. Super. Ct. Jan. 29, 2014), Catlin sought a declaration of no coverage based on late notice, among other reasons. …
Read More Massachusetts Superior Court Determines That New York Notice Law Does Not Apply Despite New York Choice Of Law Provision In Policy

The case of Milton Furniture Ltd v Brit Insurance Ltd [2014] EWHC 965 (QB) concerned losses suffered by the claimant (Milton) arising out of a fire at its premises in 2005. Milton sought indemnity for these losses under a policy underwritten by the defendant (Brit). Brit denied cover on the basis of breaches of two conditions precedent in the policy. …
Read More UK: High Court Rules on Application of Conditions Precedent in Insurance Policy

Please join us on June 5, 2014 for our 13th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Complimentary Seminar being held in our New York Office.…
Read More COMPLIMENTARY SEMINAR – 13th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Seminar