Insurer Owes No Coverage For Mall Pollution, Fla. Judge Says
A Florida federal judge ruled an insurance company doesn't have to provide coverage to the owner of a California shopping center contaminated with dry cleaner chemicals, finding that benefits were properly den... (more story)
AI Reshaping Brokers' Work, Lockton Data Head Says
AI is delivering efficiency and new capabilities to insurance brokers. Claude Yoder, the chief data, analytics and digital officer for Lockton, spoke to Law360 about the role of AI in placing policies, aggrega... (more story)
Insurer Needn't Cover Real Estate Co.'s $330K Arbitration Bill
An insurer is not on the hook for more than $330,000 in defense costs that a commercial real estate company and its manager incurred in arbitration with investors, a Washington federal court ruled Thursday, sa... (more story)
Insurance Litigation Week In Review
Two Chubb insurers must defend an upstate New York town against an environmental contamination claim, a German shipping company and a marine insurer will pay $17 million for damage to a coral reef near Puerto ... (more story)
AIG Says Homeowners Waived Bid For New Damages Trial
An AIG unit fought against a new trial this week in a dispute over the claims process for damage from Hurricane Irma to a $95 million oceanfront mansion, arguing that the homeowners failed to prove compensable... (more story)
NC Insurance Dept. Properly Revoked Appraiser's License
A North Carolina state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the state Department of Insurance's revocation of the license of a motor vehicle damage appraiser, finding he violated ethical standards by disparagin... (more story)
Insurer Loses Bid To Recoup $3.4M Coverage For Grill Fire
An insurer attempting to recoup more than $3.4 million it paid to homeowners whose house was greatly damaged in a grill fire lacks the proof needed to claim the negligence by the grill-maker caused the fire, a... (more story)
Broker Says It's Not To Blame For Harvard's Lack Of Coverage
An insurance broker told a Massachusetts federal court that it had no common law duty to report claims made against Harvard University to the school's excess insurers in a suit seeking to recover legal fees Ha... (more story)
Calif. Insureds Say State Farm's Property Valuation Is Unlawful
A class of California homeowners that say State Farm underpaid their property insurance claims urged a federal court to reject the insurer's argument that its method of calculating actual cash value is in line... (more story)
Insurer Drops Oil Refinery Fire Coverage Row After Deals
An excess insurer has agreed to drop a Texas federal case seeking to avoid defending a petrochemical contractor from property damage and bodily injury lawsuits stemming from a pipeline explosion in Arkansas, a... (more story)