
Environmental Deregulation Fuels Insurance Uncertainties
President Donald Trump's policy agenda of dismantling environmental regulations has created more uncertainty in the insurance world, where the benefit from decreased government enforcement may be undercut by shifting litigation risks, new legal theories and potential lingering exposures, insurance attorneys said.

OpenAI Death Suit Heightens AI Insurance Concerns
A wrongful death lawsuit filed against OpenAI and its CEO has insurance experts evaluating what potential carrier involvement may look like, bolstering concerns over whether creators of artificial intelligence platforms have proper coverage and whether carriers could be on the hook for potentially large losses.

Lloyd's Fossil Fuel Reversal Strikes Experts As Political
Lloyd's of London's recent move to relax coverage restrictions for certain fossil fuel businesses reflects a more permissive political climate for polluting industries, experts said, while advocates for sustainable investment called it bad business.
Property More
A Washington condominium association has settled a lawsuit with Country Casualty Insurance Co. over $2.4 million in unpaid claims for water damage that an architect and the association discovered in a probe to... (more story)
A New York federal court analyzed policy limits and retentions over abuse claims against the Archdiocese of New York, the First Circuit ordered an insurer to defend a class action over allegedly faulty heating... (more story)
A Chubb unit has asked a Louisiana federal judge to toss a lawsuit by the owners of a casino as they look to halt parallel litigation in England related to arbitration proceedings for a COVID-19 pandemic cover... (more story)
A New Orleans property owner and its insurers have resolved a dispute over coverage for a $7 million Hurricane Ida damage claim, amid a fight over whether the matter belonged in arbitration, the parties told t... (more story)
On top of California's usual late summer wildfires, this year the state is still healing from January's devastating blazes in the Los Angeles area. Venable partner Ellia Thompson shares how these disasters are... (more story)
Alfa Insurance Corp. won't owe any coverage for a metro Atlanta church's 2022 fire after notching an early win Tuesday on its claims that the church lied about prior property damage on its policy application.
A Florida railroad company incurred minimal losses from Hurricane Irma in 2017 because it took measures to protect its property, but insurers unfairly used the preventive efforts to justify denying coverage fo... (more story)
A Massachusetts federal court on Friday tossed claims against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. in a proposed class action over premature termination of rental car coverage, saying the insurer was not party to the ... (more story)
The burgeoning artificial intelligence industry has sparked a surge in data center projects — a trend likely to be accelerated by the White House's AI Action Plan — but with these complex facilities come equal... (more story)
Carrier Global Corp. owes State Farm more than $500,000 paid in connection with a policyholder's house fire because the fire was caused by a defective Carrier Global furnace, the insurer says in a suit removed... (more story)
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A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday upheld a lower court's refusal to certify a class of Progressive policyholders in a suit over adjustments the insurer makes when calculating the actual cash value of a tot... (more story)
A subcontractor's insurer must reimburse a Liberty Mutual unit for roughly $477,000 in defense costs stemming from settled litigation over property damage from an unsecured crane, a New York federal court rule... (more story)
An Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday that Homeland Insurance Co. of New York doesn't have to cover the costs McDonald's incurred defending a former employee's violent workplace claims, saying the psycholo... (more story)
Nationwide and Travelers told a California federal judge they have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over coverage for a condominium association facing claims from a resident alleging he needed a double lung t... (more story)
A firearms retailer and its insurer have resolved a dispute over coverage for three underlying government suits alleging that the company contributed to gun violence by selling unfinished components used to as... (more story)
A Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier said its insurers must pay for a $22.2 million judgment against it in a competitor's antitrust suit, telling a Colorado federal court that policies issued by Li... (more story)
A distillery in New York's Hudson Valley can get coverage for the loss of 52 barrels of aged whiskey under a policy provision providing additional coverage for damage caused by an "abrupt collapse," a federal ... (more story)
A Travelers unit that issued a commercial general liability policy to an orthopedic clinic owes no coverage to the clinic and two of its physicians in an ongoing medical negligence lawsuit, a New Mexico federa... (more story)
A woman injured in a crash with a food service distributor's employee said the company's insurer must pay for a $7.5 million judgment entered in her favor, telling a Connecticut federal court Tuesday that the ... (more story)
An insurer for a heating oil company must defend the company in a Massachusetts class action accusing it of damaging customers' heating equipment by adding too much biodiesel to its heating oil, the First Circ... (more story)
Specialty Lines More
A wage and hour dispute between Amazon and its Connecticut warehouse workers is the top corporate dispute on the Connecticut Supreme Court's September docket after the justices agreed to answer a certified que... (more story)
Five insurance companies urged the Georgia Court of Appeals Thursday to let them off the hook for a $345 million settlement between a private school and nearly two dozen men who said they were sexually abused ... (more story)
The Fifth Circuit rejected a Texas doctor's request for the full court to review a panel's July decision that he was not entitled to $1 million in tax deductions linked to his urgent care network's captive insurance company.
A subcontractor's insurer must defend and indemnify companies insured by a Liberty Mutual unit on a primary basis in a worker's injury lawsuit, the unit argued to a New York federal court.
A Florida federal court officially signed off on a $5.9 million settlement of a proposed class action against title insurer Fidelity National Financial over a November 2023 data breach that allegedly impacted ... (more story)
Two insurance companies have asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge's permission to file a late request for a quick win on two breach of contract claims against McCarter & English LLP and one of its attorney... (more story)
An Illinois federal court on Monday threw out a benefits administration company's counterclaim for attorney fees under a state statute relating to "vexatious and unreasonable" conduct by insurers, finding that... (more story)
A life insurer violated Arkansas law by broadly denying policy benefits to residents for reasons causally unrelated to a given policy owner's death, a woman told a federal court, saying the state Legislature e... (more story)
The Delaware Supreme Court refused to take up a midcase appeal in Mattel's suit over coverage for unsafe sleeper claims, the Eighth Circuit affirmed an apartment complex's $27 million award against Travelers a... (more story)
The global renewable insurance market grew from $5.65 billion in 2020 to $8 billion in 2024, with insurers from China underwriting most premiums in recent years, analysis from a campaign group shows.