The Colorado Supreme Court will resolve an appellate court split over an insurer disclosure law, the Second Circuit backed Scholastic’s $19.5 million coverage win, and a Washington state appeals court cut a $103 million cr...(read more)

A Florida-based law firm filed the most insurance coverage actions in the first half of 2026, primarily representing policyholders in property damage disputes, while BigLaw firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani was the most f...(read more)

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 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.

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)

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)

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.

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)

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)

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)

CNA units have urged an Ohio federal court to toss counterclaims accusing the insurers of breaching their policies by agreeing to defend a textile company against allegations it released contaminated wastewater and then se...(read more)

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)

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)

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 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

The First Circuit is set to decide whether a Puerto Rico hospitality worker's supplementary life insurance suit included properly pled fiduciary duty claims, a point the judges indicated could determine its decision to rev...(read more)

An insurer does not have to defend a staffing agency against a lawsuit alleging it shorted workers on overtime pay and cut into paychecks for required safety equipment, an Illinois federal court has ruled, finding that the...(read more)

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)

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)

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 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.

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)

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.

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

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)