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Holy Terms And Conditions: Wisconsin Supreme Court Says Kapow To Insured’s Argument That Bat Guano Is Not A Pollutant

By Randy J. Maniloff, White and Williams, LLP There are two significant Pollution Exclusion cases where I've been looking forward to a decision - the Indiana Supreme Court's in State Automobile Mut. Ins. Co. v. Flexdar and the Wisconsin Supreme...

Published Thu, Mar 8 2012 3:46 PM by Randy J. Maniloff

Filed under: insurance coverage, pollution exclusion, homeowners insurance, Randy J. Maniloff, binding authority, White and Williams, pollutant, Flexdar, Hirschhorn, Wisconsin Supreme Court, bat guano

Linsurance Coverage: The Issue That Everyone Is Talking About – “Use of an Auto” Exclusion the Most Popular Issue of the Year

Randy J. Maniloff, White and Williams, LLP I own a car. And there is little doubt in my mind about when I'm using it. I get in. Put my drink in the cup holder. Turn around and marvel at the number of Cheerios in the car seat. Turn the key. Put on...

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 7:00 PM by Randy J. Maniloff

Filed under: insurance coverage, general liability insurance, uninsured motorist, exclusions, automobile insurance, homeowners insurance, comprehensive general liability, binding authority, White and Williams, Randy Maniloff, use of an auto

Bullivant Secures Jury Verdict, Court Awards Judgment under Counterclaim for First-Party Insurance Fraud

By John A. Bennett, Stuart D. Jones, Matthew E. Hedberg, Andrew E. Passmore, Attorneys, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC Following a two-month trial, Safeco Insurance Company of Oregon was awarded $9.977 million on its counterclaim for insurance fraud against...

Published Mon, Oct 3 2011 5:49 PM by Bullivant Houser Bailey PC

Filed under: Insurance Fraud, homeowners insurance, property insurance, fire insurance, misrepresentation, Stuart Jones, forgery, extended dwelling coverage, Safeco Insurance, Sohail Masood, John Bennett

Nevada Supreme Court Finds An Earth Movement Exclusion Ambiguous, by Bullivant Houser Bailey PC

By Andrew B. Downs and Kristol Bradley Ginapp, Attorneys, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC The Nevada Supreme Court recently held that a property insurance policy's earth movement exclusion was ambiguous because, unlike some other earth movement exclusions...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2011 6:28 PM by Bullivant Houser Bailey PC

Filed under: homeowners insurance, property insurance, Andrew B. Downs, ambiguous, Kristol Bradley Ginapp, Powell v. Liberty Mutual, contract interpretation, earth movement exclusion

Controversy Surrounds the National Flood Insurance Program Extension

By Jeffrey Weinstein, Partner, Mound Cotton Wollan and Greengrass On July 15, 2010, the House of Representatives passed legislation that extends the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) and contains changes designed to provide additional...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 12:42 PM by Jeffrey S. Weinstein

Filed under: homeowners insurance, Write Your Own insurers, anti-concurrent causation, wind damage, flood insurance, concurrent causation

Big Burd: New Jersey Supreme Court Issues Rare Duty to Defend Decision

By Randy Maniloff, Partner, White and Williams LLP Garden State Maintains its Duty to Depend Standard. What do New Jersey’s duty to defend and favorite son have in common? They both did it their way. * * * New Jersey’s duty to defend is unique...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 4:46 PM by Randy J. Maniloff

Filed under: Duty to Defend, insurance coverage, homeowners insurance, insurance policy exclusion, reservation of rights, controlled substances exclusion

An Insurer’s Defense Under One Policy Does Not Excuse Its Breach Under Another

By Tyler C. Gerking, Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP Does an insurer’s defense of its insured under one policy excuse its breach of the duty to defend under another? A California Court of Appeal recently concluded: Not if the insured is potentially...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 4:27 AM by Tyler C. Gerking

Filed under: Duty to Defend, automobile insurance, homeowners insurance, claim denial, false imprisonment, policy limits

California Supreme Court To Decide Interplay Between Severability-of-Interests Clause And Intentional Acts Exclusion

By Patrick R. McKinney II, Special Counsel, Farella Braun + Martel LLP Can an insurance company deny coverage to a homeowner who did nothing intentional because another insured under the policy committed a crime or intentional tort? The California Supreme...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 10:22 AM by Patrick R. McKinney II

Filed under: insurance exclusions, homeowners insurance, intentional torts, sexual abuse, intentional acts, severability

Homeowners’ Defense Act Approved by House Committee

On April 27, 2010, the Homeowners' Defense Act of 2009, H.R. 2555 (the "Act") was passed by the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee by a vote of 39-26, and will head to the House floor for a full vote, although no...

Published Wed, May 5 2010 9:05 AM by InsureReinsure: The Insurance-Reinsurance Blog

Filed under: homeowners insurance, natural disasters, property insurance, insurance pools, cat bonds, catastrophes, Homeowners’ Defense Act

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