Applied Underwriters has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by QBE, calling the complaint ‘meritless.’ QBE had filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for injunctive relief, naming Applied Underwriters and four of its former aviation professionals who are now Applied Underwriters employees as respondents.

The Second Circuit has now joined the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits in holding that no insurance coverage exists for business interruption losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated government orders.

Two gangs that enlisted trusted professionals to steal $100 million dollars from insurance companies were taken down Wednesday in what the feds are calling one of the biggest fraud busts in history.

New York City Fire Commissioner Dan Nigro said a malfunctioning electric space heater caused the Bronx apartment fire that killed 19 people, including nine children, and injured dozens of others Sunday morning.

A lithium-ion battery in an electric bike or scooter self-combusted in a Bronx apartment building, sparking a four-alarm fire early Saturday morning, according to the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).

Defendants in New York are now required to automatically disclose expansive insurance information at the beginning of a lawsuit.

A U.S. judge on Monday ordered mediation in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, calling for the company, the Sackler family members that own it and nine states to determine whether they can reach a new opioid litigation settlement by Jan. 14.

In its recently released annual report, the ATRA identified 8 jurisdictions on its 2021 hellholes list – which, in order, include: (1) California (with the plaintiffs’ bar taking advantage of unique California laws like the Private Attorney General Act); (2) New York City (particularly regarding Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility claims and an activist attorney general battling climate change with energy companies), (3) Georgia....

As part of the larger trend of invasion of privacy claims asserted by employees or consumers against businesses, several states have recently passed legislation that sets forth requirements for the collection, storing and dissemination of biometric information such as fingerprints, voice recordings and even keystroke patterns.

Not one, not two, but three tornadoes touched down on Long Island Saturday in a first for Nassau and Suffolk counties, which have no records of a tornado striking in November.

When it comes to homeowners insurance, a lot of policies leave certain ‘aggressive’ dog breeds out in the cold. Now, animal advocacy groups, that’s starting to change. For years, most insurers have limited coverage or downright denied policies to homes in which there’s a dog they deem to be of a potentially dangerous breed.

Climate change does not stop being a threat to major cities in the United States. Scientists around the world have already warned that if a series of actions are not taken into account to reduce the burning of fossil fuels by the year 2100, the planet will face a sea â€,â€,level rise between 4.3 and 9.9 meters.

Allegations don’t get much more despicable than the scheme Manhattan federal prosecutors laid out in an indictment and accompanying press release on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors said Terrence Williams, who once played for the New Jersey Nets, had orchestrated a scheme that led to the filing of nearly $4 million in fraudulent medical claims.

A federal appeals court Tuesday reversed a lower court decision and ruled in favor of Admiral Insurance Co. in litigation over a settlement reached in a case involving a railroad worker’s injury.