Expert Analysis

11th Circ. Opioid Appeal May Shift Public Nuisance Coverage

The Eleventh Circuit's recent ruling certifying to the Florida and Georgia Supreme Courts the question of whether ... (more story)

State Of Insurance: Q2 Notes From Pennsylvania

Todd Leon at Marshall Dennehey highlights notable second-quarter insurance developments in Pennsylvania, including... (more story)

After Wash. Ruling, Paid Claim May Not End Bad Faith Risk

In Labeaume v. First National Insurance, a Washington appeals court recently held that the insurer's benefit payme... (more story)

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The Top Property Insurance Rulings Of The First Half Of 2026

A California ruling boosting policyholders' prospects in water leak suits and a Texas Supreme Court decision compelling appraisal in a complex commercial property loss are among the biggest property insurance ... (more story)

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can pursue coverage for sex abuse litigation costs, a Minnesota school district may be entitled to coverage for hail damage to the roofs of two school buildings ... (more story)

Minn. Schools' Hail Damage May Be Covered, 8th Circ. Says

The Eighth Circuit revived a Minnesota school district's suit seeking coverage for hail damage to the roofs of two schools, finding that the damage may fall outside a cosmetic damage exclusion if it weakened t... (more story)

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

Pennsylvania public policy doesn’t abrogate an insurer’s duty to defend and indemnify an insured accused of enabling or profiting from sex trafficking, an insurer didn’t act in bad faith in its handling of a f... (more story)

Arbitration Scholars Say 5th Circ. Botched Insurance Decision

A group of international arbitration scholars are pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal law determines whether a nonsignatory to an international arbitration agreement can force arbitration of a... (more story)

Allstate Says No Coverage For Fatal Drunken Driving Accident

Allstate told a Pennsylvania federal court it has no duty to defend an individual facing underlying suits over a fatal drunken driving accident, saying coverage is excluded under his parents' homeowners policy... (more story)

Insurers Seek Clarity On Arbitration Estoppel Rules

Another group of insurers is pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve whether state or federal law applies when deciding whether a nonsignatory to an international arbitration agreement can force arbitration... (more story)

NJ Panel Says Insurer, Not Driver, Owed Auto Damage Proof

A New Jersey appellate panel held Thursday that the burden of proof was on an insurer, not a driver, in a coverage dispute stemming from a blown head gasket that rendered her vehicle inoperable, vacating the i... (more story)

More Subrogation? Experts Parse Reported Climate Suit Trend

Researchers at the London School of Economics see more climate change-related subrogation litigation on the horizon. Insurance experts aren’t as confident the industry has the appetite to take on complex cases... (more story)

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

Insurance brokers are not exempt from New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act, a Chubb unit properly limited coverage for "business property" destroyed in a fire and Golden Corral can't reverse its 5-year-old COVID-19... (more story)

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Chubb Seeks Toss Of Costco's Customer Injury Coverage Row

A Chubb unit urged a Washington federal court to toss Costco's suit seeking coverage for a personal injury action under a home décor brand's policy, saying the retailer failed to state a claim for additional i... (more story)

Insurer Says It Won't Cover $10M Bias Award Against HR Org.

An insurance company urged a Virginia federal judge to rule that it doesn't have to cover a $10 million award won by a former Society for Human Resources Management employee who sued the association for race b... (more story)

Lowe's Coverage Row, NASCAR Team Tiff: NC Midyear Report

The North Carolina courts are teeing up for a busy second half of 2026, including readying for a multimillion-dollar insurance trial with Lowe's and speeding through discovery in a high-profile trade secrets d... (more story)

Insurers Don't Owe Grocer Coverage For Opioid Settlement

A group of insurers owes no coverage to grocery chain Harris Teeter for amounts that its parent company, Kroger, paid as part of a $1.37 billion global settlement of opioid suits brought by government entities... (more story)

Club Not Covered In Drunk Driving Injury Row, Insurer Says

An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify the operator of a Massachusetts country club that is accused of overserving an intoxicated patron who was later injured in a crash, telling a Virginia fede... (more story)

Cornerstone, Old Republic Partly Settle $9.8M Coverage Suit

A building products manufacturer has settled its coverage dispute with Old Republic Insurance Co., though its claims against Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co., seeking $9.8 million in coverage for def... (more story)

CGL Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

Heading into the back half of 2026, insurance attorneys can expect federal and state courts to interpret how general liability policy language applies to some of the industry's biggest emerging risks. Law360 I... (more story)

Mo. Panel Says Exclusion Bars Mallinckrodt Opioid Coverage

A Missouri appellate court upheld a win for a group of insurers on their arguments that a "your products" policy exclusion applied to bar coverage of alleged damages from drugmaker Mallinckrodt's unbranded mar... (more story)

Two Chubb, Lowe's Experts Barred In $90M Settlement Fight

A North Carolina federal judge barred respective appellate experts for a Chubb unit and Lowe's from testifying at an upcoming trial over coverage for an underlying $90 million wrongful death settlement, findin... (more story)

Insurer Sanctioned For Destroying Opioid Coverage Evidence

An Illinois federal court Wednesday sanctioned an insurer in a drug wholesaler's suit seeking coverage for underlying opioid litigation, finding that the carrier intentionally destroyed key emails and underwri... (more story)

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Employment Insurer Can't Ditch Firing Suit Coverage Dispute

An Illinois federal judge has said an employment liability insurer cannot shake claims alleging it improperly denied coverage for a wrongful termination lawsuit, ruling it wasn't yet clear whether the terminat... (more story)

Insurers Owe $10M For Ethanol Kickback Award, Ag Co. Says

The owner of an agricultural management company said liability insurers owed more than $10 million in damages for what he and the company paid toward an arbitration award in a dispute alleging a pay-to-play ki... (more story)

Judge Refuses To Pause Coverage Fight Over Boy's Death

A Michigan federal judge ruled Friday that Nationwide Insurance may proceed with its declaratory judgment lawsuit against the Oxford Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center and the parents of a 5-year-old boy killed ... (more story)

Textile Co. Not Covered In PFAS-Tainted Water Suit, Court Told

A group of CNA units said they owe no coverage to a textile company accused in an underlying suit of contaminating drinking water in South Carolina with so-called forever chemicals, telling an Ohio federal cou... (more story)

UnitedHealth's $5M Demand Challenged By Wash. Dental Co.

A dental practice is urging a Washington federal court to stop UnitedHealth from withholding future reimbursements, saying the insurer has failed to fully explain its assertion that it overpaid the practice mo... (more story)

Insurer Denies Duty To Defend Texas Firm In 14 Barratry Suits

Everest National Insurance Co. told a Texas federal court it has no duty to pay for Bush & Bush Law Group PC's defense in 14 barratry lawsuits, but the firm has taken to litigation to try to strong-arm it into doing so.

Colo. Panel Clarifies Reach Of Insurer Responsibility Law

The Colorado Insurance Code's reference to "unfair business practices" in a statute governing insurers' responsibility for the acts of their producers is not limited to various "unfair methods of competition" ... (more story)

State High Courts Issue Top 2026 Specialty Insurance Rulings

State high courts took the lead on specialty line insurance issues in the first half of 2026, including on cyber recovery disputes and the nuances of directors and officers coverage. Law360 has a midyear look.

Ga. Insurer Row Can't Precede $600K Appeal, Client Says

A sushi chef appealing a nearly $600,000 default judgment in an underlying action urged a Georgia federal court to toss an insurer's suit against him and his former counsel, arguing that his appeal should be handled first.

Pause Coverage Fight In Boy's Death, Mich. Judge Told

Counsel for a 5-year-old Michigan boy killed in a January 2025 hyperbaric chamber fire asked a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday to pause a lawsuit from Nationwide Insurance, which is seeking a declaration t... (more story)