Expert Analysis

How Product Recalls Expose Insurance Coverage Gaps

The recent Cyclospora outbreak in iceberg lettuce highlights the potential insurance risks of a contaminated ingredient or defe...(read more)

State Of Insurance: Q3 Notes From Illinois

In the past quarter, two Seventh Circuit rulings and an Illinois appellate decision applied state insurance law to issues rangi...(read more)

Full Policy Payment May Not Bar Insurer Bad Faith In 9th Circ.

Establishing that an insurer acted within its contractual rights likely disposes of a breach-of-contract claim, however, follow...(read more)

Property More

State Farm Gets Vehicle Valuation Dispute Trimmed

A North Carolina federal court trimmed a proposed class action accusing State Farm of systematically undervaluing drivers' claims for totaled vehicles, saying the suit plausibly alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices...(read more)

Dentons Adds Faegre Drinker Trio In New Jersey

Dentons US LLP has added a team of three partners to its insurance litigation and counseling practice and class action defense capabilities from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

The First Circuit sought guidance in an auto insurance rate dispute against USAA, home insurers must face a roofing company's storm damage repair claims, and an insurer beat a landowner's suit seeking coverage for an easem...(read more)

Insurers Say La. Hurricane Damage Award Must Be Enforced

A group of insurers is urging a New York federal court to enforce an arbitral award that nixed millions of dollars in claims for hurricane-related property damage asserted by the owner of a 220-unit apartment complex in a ...(read more)

Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 89 Firms

The lawyers chosen as Law360's 2026 MVPs stand out from their peers by notching significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-setting transactions.

State Of Insurance: Q3 Notes From Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania courts issued several noteworthy insurance decisions last quarter, offering practical guidance for insurers evaluating public policy coverage disputes, drafting umbrella policy language and defending litigatio...(read more)

Penn National Tells 4th Circ. Insurer Dodged Injury Defense

A Fourth Circuit appellate panel on Thursday questioned what insurance company Penn National could possibly recover from another insurer that the former says shirked its defense responsibilities in a personal injury suit f...(read more)

1st Circ. Seeks Mass. Justices' Input On USAA Rate Row

The First Circuit asked Massachusetts' highest court to weigh in on a suit by service members alleging USAA improperly considered their military pay grade when issuing auto insurance policies, finding the dispute implicate...(read more)

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

The Florida Supreme Court clarified the reach of a notice requirement. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled against an insurer in a shareholder dispute. The Fifth Circuit sided with an oil producer in a indemnity dispute...(read more)

How To ID And Respond To 5 Types Of Misleading Witnesses

Witnesses can mislead fact-finders using a variety of tactics — from strategic amnesia to manufactured ignorance — but lawyers can learn how to identify and expose this testimony to come out on top, says Allison Rocker at ...(read more)

General Liability More

Policy Not Yet Triggered For Contamination Costs, Court Told

A steel manufacturer must exhaust a $25 million property policy and pay an additional $5 million before an environmental liability policy will cover damage stemming from a radioactive contamination incident, an Allianz ins...(read more)

Judge Pauses Ban On New ACA Insurance Brokers

A Maryland federal judge on Thursday paused a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule barring new insurance agents and brokers from signing up to sell plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2027, holdin...(read more)

9th Circ. Says Lending Co. Can't Arbitrate In Snowflake MDL

The Ninth Circuit ruled that online consumer lending platform LendingTree and an insurance comparison subsidiary cannot compel arbitration of a cybersecurity suit within multidistrict litigation over a breach of data held ...(read more)

Liberty Seeks To Dismantle Rental Car Coverage Class

Liberty Mutual urged a Massachusetts federal judge Thursday to decertify a nationwide class of policyholders claiming it arbitrarily limited a rental vehicle benefit, saying the class has no path forward after its damages ...(read more)

Insurer Must Cover Concrete Defect Dispute, Court Told

A concrete subcontractor accused by a general contractor of causing millions of dollars in damage to a condominium project in downtown Denver said it is entitled to coverage under the contractor's policy, telling a Colorad...(read more)

11th Circ. Revives Payment Bid For Military Paint Facility Work

The Eleventh Circuit revived a subcontractor's bid for full payment under a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract to construct a facility for vehicle paint preparation, ruling that a Georgia federal court erred in finding ...(read more)

No Coverage For $5M Quarry Wall Collapse Fight, Court Told

An insurer said it owes no coverage for an underlying suit claiming that its policyholder constructed a faulty quarry wall that collapsed and cost nearly $5 million to replace, telling an Alabama federal court that the sui...(read more)

Calif. High Court Ruling Eases Path To Excess Coverage Suits

Following a recent California Supreme Court ruling in Fox Paine v. Twin City Fire Insurance, policyholders will have an easier time sustaining suits against excess insurers, leading the latter to settle more frequently, bu...(read more)

Insurer Beats $1.3M Coverage Fight Over Easement Dispute

A California federal court tossed a San Diego landowner's suit seeking coverage for an easement interference suit that resulted in a $1.3 million award against it, finding that the suit did not involve personal and adverti...(read more)

Chubb Says Barrier Rental Deal Doesn't Trigger Coverage

A Chubb unit asked a Texas federal court to find that a highway safety product supplier is not owed coverage under Chubb's policy to a barricade control company for a personal injury suit from a driver, saying the companie...(read more)

Specialty Lines More

Med Group Ordered To Return $750K Overpayment To Insurer

A pediatric specialty practice group must pay Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co. upwards of $750,000 it received as an overpayment after the group surrendered its policies, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, findi...(read more)

Chicago Firm Says Insurer Can't Maintain Wire Fraud Suit

A Chicago law firm accused of failing to spot an email fraud scheme that diverted settlement funds intended to resolve an abuse suit against a church asked an Illinois state court to toss an insurer's suit, saying the carr...(read more)

7th Circ. To Clarify Rules For Blocking Coverage Denials

The Seventh Circuit will consider whether an insurer should have been prevented from denying a real estate company defense coverage for a suit triggered by an employee's sewer fall.

Nationwide Agrees To $12.9M Deal Over 401(k) Fund Fees

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to pay an 83,000-member class $12.9 million to end claims the company mismanaged an employee 401(k) plan, ending six years of litigation less than two weeks before trial.

NC Security Co. Not Covered For Transit Attacks, Insurer Says

A security contractor for a North Carolina city's transit system is not owed coverage for claims stemming from two fatal attacks and a debilitating assault, an insurer told a federal court, saying the company voided its 20...(read more)

Ga. Developer Fights Coverage Denial For Fraud Loss

A developer told a Georgia federal court that a Chubb unit wrongly denied coverage for losses stemming from a third party's accessing of a client's payment portal to direct payments away from the developer.

Global Webpage Flaw Unlikely To Spur Big Insurance Losses

The discovery of vulnerabilities in most websites sent companies scrambling. It's a disruption policyholders will likely shoulder without help from cyber insurers. 

YouTuber Sues Broker Over Logan Paul Defamation Coverage

A YouTube investigator who called influencer and professional wrestler Logan Paul's cryptocurrency project a scam sued insurance brokers, alleging they failed to procure an insurance policy that would have provided defense...(read more)

Milliman Reaches $15.5M Deal In Life Insurance FCRA Suit

Risk management firm Milliman Inc. is set to pay $15.5 million to resolve a consumer class action accusing the company of peddling flawed information to life insurance companies, according to a proposed settlement that the...(read more)

Key Risk Assessment Gaps To Note From NY Cyber Guidance

Covered entities should take a fresh look at the compliance gaps flagged in recent New York State Department of Financial Services guidance on "deficient cybersecurity programs," particularly around scope, asset inventorie...(read more)