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)