A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially reinstated Washington state property owners' suit accusing an insurer of bad faith by refusing to defend them and representing their opposing neighbors in an ... (more story)

The owner of a power plant in Dover Plains, New York, voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit accusing Factory Mutual Insurance Co. of wrongfully withholding more than $14 million in coverage for revenue losses stem... (more story)

An AIG unit cannot recoup $1.8 million from a dock builder and electrical subcontractor in connection with payments it made to a Florida policyholder whose yacht caught fire while plugged into a recently const... (more story)

An auto parts manufacturer urged a North Carolina federal court to reject an insurer's request to bifurcate an upcoming trial over claims the insurer improperly denied $50 million in coverage for COVID-19 pand... (more story)

Major lawsuits and arbitrations against data centers across the world have tripled since 2021, with disputes largely focused on zoning and environmental issues, according to a Tuesday report by global insurance group Howden.

A Washington federal judge on Monday said policyholders failed to show they were entitled to enhanced damages after the court determined State Farm shorted them on payouts for totaled vehicles, finding class m... (more story)

An attorney for State Farm who filed several motions citing nonexistent cases and fabricated quotes generated by AI software must pay a $999.99 sanction, a Los Angeles judge ruled, an amount one cent below the... (more story)

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.

Three Nationwide units said they owe no coverage to a footwear company accused of violating Washington state law by sending misleading email advertisements, telling a Washington federal court that coverage is ... (more story)

Chubb, Liberty Mutual and Lloyd's of London units and other insurers can't get off the hook for covering the remainder of third-party payor opioid lawsuits against Endo International, a representative for a tr... (more story)

The Fifth Circuit found that multiple insurers have no duty to defend Ericsson Inc. against claims the company funded foreign terrorist organizations, saying that the suit brought by two groups of American vic... (more story)

A split Fifth Circuit refused to entertain legal questions about whether "My 600-lb Life" counts as reality television in a dispute over coverage for underlying suits brought by the show's participants, saying... (more story)

The Ninth Circuit on Monday found that a district court wrongly dismissed insurers' claims against the Korea-based parent companies of Kia and Hyundai alleging their vehicles were susceptible to theft, saying ... (more story)

A Travelers unit doesn't owe underinsured motorist coverage to a Rhode Island state employee who was injured in a car crash during the scope of her employment, the First Circuit said, refusing to depart from t... (more story)

Two Zurich units have no duty to defend or indemnify a group of auto dealers accused by the Federal Trade Commission and the Maryland Attorney General's Office of misrepresenting the cost of vehicles to consum... (more story)

A Delaware plumbing and HVAC company has again sued its general contractor over alleged unpaid labor and materials for work completed on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers elementary school project and also allege... (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)

An Illinois state court refused to toss an auto repair company's suit seeking to recover $4.9 million in coverage from its cyber insurer for a ransomware attack, saying the policy doesn't establish that the in... (more story)

A Wisconsin business process outsourcing company said in federal court that a Chubb unit breached its policy when the insurer refused to cover $5 million the call center paid to Adidas to resolve claims over d... (more story)

AIG can depose the former chief of the Civil Medicaid Fraud Division of the Texas Attorney General's Office as part of a trial to determine if the $236 million Medicaid settlement between the office and Condue... (more story)

A Virginia federal judge said Liberty Mutual does not have to cover most of an electrical subcontractor's losses from years of delays on a Marine Corps Base school project, finding a clause barring damages for... (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)

States worried about rising liability costs and the commercialization of their courts should treat North Carolina's recently enacted litigation funding ban as a model because a prohibition adequately addresses... (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)

The Tenth Circuit recently revived the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' bid for insurance coverage in a sexual abuse case, continuing a trend as the second circuit court to find that, where ambiguo... (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)