California lawmakers approved significant insurance bills in recent weeks, including legislation designed to establish standards for insurers handling smoke damage claims, increase claims handling transparency... (more story)

An AIG unit doesn’t owe $25 million for an oil and gas well explosion, a personal protective equipment manufacturer isn’t entitled to coverage for forever-chemical exposure claims, an insurer must cover four N... (more story)

Robert F. Kethcart of Snell & Wilmer LLP spoke to Law360 Insurance Authority about the steps that business owners in and around the Grand Canyon should take following deadly flash flooding.

A pair of insurers under the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Munich Re umbrellas wrongly refused to cover over $5.3 million in damage to a motel that a real estate company purchased to convert into affordable hous... (more story)

A Minnesota event center did not conceal evidence or misrepresent facts in an effort to inflate its claimed vandalism losses from protests following the death of George Floyd, a federal jury recently found.

A Manhattan bridal shop urged a New York federal court to reject a magistrate judge's recommendation to toss its suit seeking to recover $7 million from a contractor's insurers, saying its claims can't be void... (more story)

A North Carolina federal judge has ruled that four Durham restaurants are entitled to coverage for losses they experienced during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, while calling out their insurer for its "superfici... (more story)

Specialists known as insurance archaeologists search out old policies that may provide coverage for modern risks. Richard Janisch of Arcina Risk Group LLC spoke with Law360 Insurance Authority about legacy ins... (more story)

Carriers dodge coverage over ghost gun kits, a case over wire fraud losses, and an insurer doesn't have to contribute to an injury award. Law360 has the week's top insurance news.

An Ohio federal judge Tuesday rejected a driver's attempt to certify a class of policyholders in a case alleging State Farm underpaid the cash value of totaled vehicles, finding class treatment would be "inapp... (more story)

Claims that a debt collector engaged in an illegal collection scheme aren't covered under its policy with a Nationwide unit, but the insurer may owe coverage if it is found to have acted in bad faith while def... (more story)

The Fourth Circuit will decide whether hotel owners are owed coverage for legal claims stemming from sex trafficking allegations, teeing up a ruling that could add to policyholders' recent successes in such ca... (more story)

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday sought the California Supreme Court's input on a class action claiming that USAA discriminated against service members, certifying a question about whether the state insurance cod... (more story)

Hess Corp. has told a New Jersey federal court that insurers must defend and indemnify it against personal injury suits brought by employees of a transportation company who allege their exposure to benzene in ... (more story)

Insurers do not have to indemnify a management services company for a child welfare agency in a lawsuit over the death of a 7-year-old who died after being restrained by workers, the Sixth Circuit said, findin... (more story)

An insurer has urged a Washington federal court to find that it does not owe coverage to a vape seller in a product liability suit from a user whose leg was amputated after a vape exploded in his pocket, argui... (more story)

The owner of a Philadelphia housing co-op told a Pennsylvania federal court that it has incurred over $1 million to defend itself against an underlying suit over concrete damage after a general contractor's in... (more story)

A commercial general liability insurer owes no coverage to a personal protective equipment manufacturer sued by firefighters who said the company's gear exposed them to forever chemicals, an Ohio federal court... (more story)

The Eighth Circuit said Thursday that an AIG unit does not owe $25 million to an ExxonMobil subsidiary for injury claims stemming from a 2016 oil and gas well explosion, finding the energy company did not meet... (more story)

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a bad faith claim against an insurer in a coverage dispute over a $25 million default judgment in a wrongful death suit, finding the estate failed to allege tha... (more story)

An insurer told an Alabama federal court it has no duty to defend or indemnify a tractor-trailer driver against several lawsuits alleging he was drunk while driving his wife's tractor when he crashed into mult... (more story)

An excess liability insurer asked a Pennsylvania federal court to award attorney fees for the costs of defending what the insurer called "baseless" accusations from a claims handler that hinged on a letter the... (more story)

A North Carolina federal court’s recent ruling that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as receiver for the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank, solely owns a $73 million fraud claim illustrates why parent financia... (more story)

A New Jersey airport operator has sued its pollution liability insurer to recover costs it incurred to remediate forever chemical contamination at one of its hangars in accordance with state environmental dire... (more story)

Lenders are entitled to coverage for losses from a closing agent falling victim to wire fraud in mortgage refinancing transactions, an Alabama magistrate judge said Monday, finding that an exclusion barring co... (more story)

Bankrupt pregnancy-technology firm Nuvo Group and an Israeli court-appointed trustee tasked with liquidating it reached an agreement that resolves their cross-border disputes by using a $9.75 million settlemen... (more story)

Aon said Monday it has agreed to buy U.S. insurance broker USI from private equity firm KKR and other shareholders in a $17 billion deal that would expand the London-based insurer's presence in the U.S. middle... (more story)

A New Mexico federal court rejected much of a county's suit against a mental health provider and its insurer in a dispute over whether they broke their indemnification duties by settling correctional facility ... (more story)

A life insurer breached its duty by refusing to pay out death benefits under two $5 million policies to a wealth and investment management provider based on uncertainty over the insured's age, a Delaware feder... (more story)

A California federal judge's ruling that the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan was not automatically prohibited from claiming coverage for multiplied damages that were part of a $581 million False Claims Act settl... (more story)