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Mold Damage From Allegedly Defective Work Excluded From CGL Coverage

Following a contractor’s remodeling of a house, the home owner sued the contractor and its commercial general liability (CGL) insurer, Wisconsin Mutual Insurance, as well as its own homeowners insurer, Hastings Mutual Insurance. The home owner claimed the house was rendered uninhabitable by the contractor’s negligent work on a bathroom that resulted in leaking water, which caused mold to grow and then release the chemical trichothecene into the residence.
March 18, 2019 Education & Training Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Property Wisconsin

AI-Generated Artwork Raises Intriguing Insurance Questions

Christie’s recently held the first-ever auction of artwork created by artificial intelligence (AI). The AI-generated piece, which involved some minimal human intervention by Paris-based art collective Obvious, shocked the art world by selling for $432,500, more than 40 times the official estimates.
March 18, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Risk Management Technology

Record Travel Insurance Claims Expected Following Grounding Of Boeing Jets

Online travel insurance broker InsureMyTrip is expecting a record number of claims following the grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets.
March 15, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines

High Winds Blow Train Off Of New Mexico Rail Bridge

A tornado that ripped roofs from buildings and injured five people in a tiny New Mexico town has left a trail of debris that authorities said Wednesday they would wait to clear because of high winds still sweeping through the region.
March 14, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Property New Mexico

150 Residents Displaced By Massive Yonkers Apartment Building Fire

Firefighters battled a massive fire that raged for several hours Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning at an apartment building in Yonkers.
March 13, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Property New York

Small Plane Crashes Into Ohio Home

A twin-engine Piper PA-31 plane crashed into a home near Madeira, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon, killing at least one person, according to a local fire official.
March 13, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Subrogation Ohio

Damage Reported Throughout North Texas From Windstorm

It was a rude awakening for North Texans Wednesday morning as severe weather and powerful winds moved through the area. Throughout the early morning hours, residents said they heard emergency sirens wailing to warn of the threat of damaging winds.
March 13, 2019 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Property Texas

Insurers Face Large Claims After Ethiopian Airlines Crash

Boeing Co’s insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation sources said.
March 12, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation

Overturned Semi Spills Beer Cargo All Over Roadway

A big-rig carrying beer went off the side of a 10 Freeway on-ramp in West Covina Thursday morning, sending its large load spilling out on the roadway below.
March 8, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines California

Snow Load Collapses Fargo Office Building Roof

Weight from snow accumulation caused the roof of a south Fargo office building to cave in late Monday, March 4.
March 7, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Property South Dakota

At Least Seven Missing In Alabama After Deadly Weekend Tornadoes

Alabama search and rescue teams on Tuesday were combing through the wreckage of houses flatted by weekend tornadoes, looking for seven or eight people still unaccounted for in the wake of the deadliest U.S. twister outbreak since 2013.
March 6, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Alabama

U.S. Insurers Seek Renewal Of Federal ’Backstop’ Against Acts Of Terrorism

U.S. insurers are pushing for the extension of a federal terrorism risk insurance program, hoping to fend off a possible gap that would leave their clients scrambling for alternate coverage.
March 5, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Legislation & Regulation

3 Dead After Long Island Rail Road Train Strikes Truck

Three people were killed and service was suspended along several Long Island Rail Road lines Tuesday night after officials say a Manhattan-bound train from Ronkonkoma struck a truck on the tracks near Westbury station.
February 27, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines

Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Near Houston Kills Three Aboard

Amazon said it was mourning a "terrible tragedy" after an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crashed into a bay outside Houston, Texas, on Saturday, killing all three people on board.
February 25, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Workers' Compensation Texas

Cargo Theft: Watch For The Pilferers

The image of tough guys hijacking truckloads of goods is a familiar one to fans of gangster movies. While trucks are the victims of most cargo thefts globally—75% of them, according to one report—these incidents increasingly do not involve the theft of the entire tractor-trailer.
February 12, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines California Florida Georgia Illinois Texas
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