Mold Damage From Allegedly Defective Work Excluded From CGL Coverage
Following a contractors 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 contractors 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
Christies 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 Cos 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 globally75% of them, according to one reportthese incidents increasingly do not involve the theft of the entire tractor-trailer.
February 12, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
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