A New Jersey state appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that a trial court must rethink its dismissal of a suit accusing Hill Wallack LLP of mishandling the defense of a family facing labor trafficking allegation... (more story)

A North Carolina federal jury awarded nearly $2 million to the owner of a warehouse after determining his insurer improperly delayed issuing a decision for coverage of a fire at the building and wrongfully acc... (more story)

The Ninth Circuit has revived a landlord's suit seeking coverage for $2.7 million in water damage after the Arizona Supreme Court for the first time defined a "fortuitous loss" in an insurance policy in respon... (more story)

The Sixth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of two cryptocurrency mining companies' claims that Travelers Insurance Co. and Northfield Insurance Co. exacerbated their building's fire loss through the claim ha... (more story)

A recent Law360 guest article argues that North Carolina's litigation funding ban should be adopted by other states, but that analysis overstates what North Carolina did and misjudges how the law will travel, ... (more story)

A Georgia couple's jurisdictional challenge was denied, an auto parts seller can't get extra coverage for damaged inventory, and an Allianz unit can't dodge a suit seeking coverage for Igloo cooler injuries. L... (more story)

State Farm urged a Seattle federal judge to slash policyholders' bid for attorney fees in two class actions in which the insurer was found liable for shortchanging customers on payouts for totaled vehicles, co... (more story)

LG Electronics USA Inc. doesn't owe an insurer for coverage it paid to a pair of homeowners after the cooktop burner on their LG electric range allegedly caused a fire, LG said in an answer to an insurer compl... (more story)

A Michigan federal judge said an aftermarket auto parts seller cannot seek coverage for expenses associated with inventory damaged by a rainwater leak because one of the company's policies bars coverage for it... (more story)

A Colorado-based flour processor urged a state court not to toss its claims over $6 million in coverage for equipment destroyed in a Texas mill explosion, contending insurance adjusters improperly refused to i... (more story)

A pair of Liberty Mutual insurers said another insurer must repay them $7 million for payments made to satisfy a judgment against an ice cream company, telling a Florida federal court that the other carrier re... (more story)

Insurers for a Florida bail bonds business accused of forcing four women to engage in sexual acts in exchange for reduced bonds must defend the company against the underlying claims, the women told a Florida f... (more story)

An insurer said it owes limited or no coverage to a mineral producer in lawsuits bringing claims of injuries caused by exposure to asbestos in talc that the company mined and distributed, telling a Vermont fed... (more story)

GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. told a California federal court Thursday that its insurers are improperly refusing to honor their duty to defend the company in lawsuits and a civil investigation stemmi... (more story)

The average value of business interruption claims has increased by over 30% annually over the past two years, with the average claim nearing $1 million, due to factors such as geopolitical tensions, fragile su... (more story)

Several class actions alleging consumers were injured by defective handles on Igloo roller coolers triggered an insurer's duty to defend the company, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday, denying most of t... (more story)

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter and insurers owned by his holding company, Guggenheim Partners, have been hit with multiple proposed class actions alleging they sold annuities based on misrepresentations... (more story)

A Chubb unit told a Texas federal court Tuesday that a pollution exclusion bars coverage to GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. for underlying lawsuits and a civil investigation stemming from the overheati... (more story)

H&R Block's subsidiaries told a California federal judge on Friday that Liberty Mutual must pay over $6 million in costs they incurred defending themselves in an underlying suit filed by rival Intuit, which ac... (more story)

The parents of a 5-year-old killed in a hyperbaric chamber explosion and the center where he was receiving the therapy urged a Michigan federal court to reject an insurer's bid to avoid defending the center, s... (more story)

A website wiretapping lawsuit against Liberty Mutual Insurance was thrown out for lack of standing Tuesday, after a Pennsylvania federal judge found the proposed lead plaintiff hadn't claimed any sensitive, pe... (more story)

The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in WSP v. Versar highlights that courts are willing to enable a buyer to select either indemnity or purchase price adjustment mechanisms, even if the parties di... (more story)

Banks should scrutinize directors and officers exclusions for artificial intelligence, disclosure and cybersecurity risks during policy renewal negotiations to preserve coverage amid the current uptick in insu... (more story)

The revival of a data breach class action has insurance and cybersecurity experts concerned that policyholders and carriers may have to shoulder additional expenses.

A Massachusetts medical practice that employed a rheumatologist now accused of sexually abusing hundreds of patients is asking a judge to find that insurer Coverys is obligated to defend and indemnify it and s... (more story)

A Seattle federal judge refused on Tuesday to toss a proposed class action against a Farmers Insurance subsidiary, concluding the plaintiff has leveled valid contractual and consumer protection claims based on... (more story)

An Ohio company that was scammed out of $1 million in a fraudulent property sale failed to show that its title insurer had any duty to warn it of seller impersonation fraud and prevent a fraudulent transaction... (more story)

Insurers are gradually ending their silence on whether existing policies respond to artificial intelligence risks, but an absence of consensus in the market means that legal advisers are having to navigate pot... (more story)

The two Democratic candidates running to be California's top insurance regulator clashed in a debate over whether fire insurance should be reformed within the private market or become the remit of a public sys... (more story)

A leader of data centers at Lockton says that the insurance market for the projects is strong despite their unique profiles and concentrated risks. James Nelson spoke to Law360 about the role all participants ... (more story)