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Success In Construction Defect And Accident Matters: Risk Transfer

Success In Construction Defect And Accident Matters: Risk Transfer

Throughout my career in practicing insurance-defense litigation, primarily representing developers, general contractors, and homebuilders in construction-defect and construction-accident matters, the most critical key to success has been the ability to identify and transfer risk to the culpable parties.
March 25, 2021 Liability Litigation

Hartford Mulls Potential $23B Merger With Chubb

Hartford Mulls Potential $23B Merger With Chubb

Chubb Limited is offering to buy The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. for about US$23 billion.
March 22, 2021 Liability Property

The Risks Lurking In The Gap Between Workers’ Comp And Virus Liability Shield Laws

The Risks Lurking In The Gap Between Workers’ Comp And Virus Liability Shield Laws

Ever since COVID-19 made the jump from a fast-spreading virus to a full-blown pandemic, businesses and their insurers have been bracing for liability litigation.
March 17, 2021 Liability Workers' Compensation

Nebraska Auto Repair Shop Blaze Destroys Classic Cars

Nebraska Auto Repair Shop Blaze Destroys Classic Cars

For six long hours on the night of February 20 firefighters in Auburn, Nebraska battled a blaze which destroyed at least 2 dozen cars at dealership Auburn Auto, many of them classics.
March 17, 2021 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation Nebraska

For Moonlighting Cops, Insurance Is The Solution

For Moonlighting Cops, Insurance Is The Solution

One of society's most painful intersections is between the police and the communities they serve.
March 16, 2021 Liability

Unreasonable Conduct Is A Necessary Element Of A ‘Bad Faith Failure To Settle’ Claim

Unreasonable Conduct Is A Necessary Element Of A ‘Bad Faith Failure To Settle’ Claim

Over the past several years, the insurance industry in California has been plagued by waves of 'bad faith failure to settle' claims.
March 10, 2021 Liability Litigation California

The Trend Towards Insurer Intervention In Liability Suits

The Trend Towards Insurer Intervention In Liability Suits

When insurance coverage is in question for a liability suit, parties initially focus on whether the pleadings require the insurance company to defend its insured.
March 9, 2021 Liability Litigation

COVID In The Courts: Move Over Business Interruption, A Wave Of Liability Claims Is Rolling In

COVID In The Courts: Move Over Business Interruption, A Wave Of Liability Claims Is Rolling In

Since lockdowns have lifted across the country and capacity restrictions have begun to loosen, shops, restaurants and other businesses have been eager to get patrons through the doors, hoping to make up for months of lost revenue.
March 8, 2021 Liability

Risk Of Flooding At Superfund Sites Increases With Climate Change

Risk Of Flooding At Superfund Sites Increases With Climate Change

Millions of Americans live near Superfund sites, areas the federal government considers contaminated as a result of hazardous waste that was dumped, mismanaged or otherwise left out in the open.
March 8, 2021 Liability

What’s Smoking Hot In Cannabis Insurance Claims Trends

What’s Smoking Hot In Cannabis Insurance Claims Trends

Nearly two-and-a-half years after recreational marijuana was legalized in Canada, the country's P&C insurance industry is starting to get a sense of the type of claims arising from the October 2018 legalization.
March 3, 2021 Liability Property

Uri Insurance Claims Will Generate Substantial Coverage Litigation

Uri Insurance Claims Will Generate Substantial Coverage Litigation

Coverage litigation arising from Winter Storm Uri's impact on Texas is likely to be significant, due to the vast number of businesses hit both within the state and beyond, legal experts say.
February 23, 2021 Auto Catastrophe Liability Property Texas

Vehicle Choice, Crash Differences Help Explain Greater Injury Risks For Women

Vehicle Choice, Crash Differences Help Explain Greater Injury Risks For Women

Women are much more likely than men to suffer a serious injury when they are involved in a crash, but much of the heightened risk is related to the types of vehicles women drive and the circumstances of their crashes, rather than physical differences, new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.
February 15, 2021 Auto Liability

Michigan Man Killed By Cannon Explosion At Baby Shower

Michigan Man Killed By Cannon Explosion At Baby Shower

A 26-year-old man from Hartland died Saturday after a small cannon exploded during a baby shower.
February 8, 2021 Liability Property Subrogation Michigan

Massive Pileup On Iowa Interstate During Blizzard

Massive Pileup On Iowa Interstate During Blizzard

Nearly 40 vehicles, including two Iowa State Patrol cars, were involved in a pileup as snow battered the state Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
February 5, 2021 Auto Liability Subrogation Iowa

Our Best Shot In The Dark Regarding COVID Vaccination Liabilities

Our Best Shot In The Dark Regarding COVID Vaccination Liabilities

It seems that, as a society, there is always something to worry about. Even when good news breaks through the din of negativity we still seem to find elements of concern to worry about.
February 5, 2021 Liability Workers' Compensation
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