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Barry Zalma: Contract of Personal Indemnity – Failure to Protect Insurable Interest Expensive
Posted on 5 Jun 2013 by Barry Zalma

By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant Insurance is a contract of personal indemnity and does not follow the title in the land. When parties enter into lease agreements of real or personal property both the lessor and lessee have an insurable interest... Read More

West Virginia Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Landlords’ Homeowner’s Insurance Policy to Tenant’s Insurable Interest
Posted on 24 Nov 2015 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (“WVSCA”) recently rejected a circuit court decision finding that a tenant is an “equitable insured” under his landlords’ homeowner’s policy, which had precluded the landlords’... Read More

Highlights of the Fall 2011 Issue of New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law
Posted on 23 Sep 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

The Fall 2011 issue of the New Appleman on Insurance; Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law quarterly features three articles on the cutting edge of insurance law: • On the Cusp of Change: the Intersection of Social Media and Insurance ... Read More

Title Insurance – New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 54
Posted on 20 Jul 2012 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Steven A. Freeman, Stephen V. Masterson, Philip M. Midgen, and Ann E. Miller, Attorneys, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP This chapter addresses the unique elements of title insurance, the scope of coverage under title policies... Read More

Introduction and General Principles of Reinsurance Law – New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 71
Posted on 2 Aug 2012 by Dan Gerber and Jeff Kingsley of Goldberg Segalla

By Daniel W. Gerber, Jeffrey L. Kingsley and Fallyn B. Reichert, Attorneys, Goldberg Segalla LLP Chapter 71 provides a thorough introduction to reinsurance and its commercial purposes; the operation of reinsurance contracts; and certain fundamental... Read More

New Appleman Premium Online Checklists - § 34.01 Checklist: Determining Parties and Insurable Interests to Life Insurance Policies
Posted on 20 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

New Appleman Premium Online Checklists - § 34.01 Checklist: Determining Parties and Insurable Interests to Life Insurance Policies , is one of the 200 coverage checklists in New Appleman Premium Online Checklists. This online checklist gives step... Read More

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS IN PROPERTY INSURANCE - New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 41
Posted on 15 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By David B. Goodwin, P. Benjamin Duke, and R. Gregory Rubio This chapter provides an introduction to the basic contours of the law applicable to policies of commercial property insurance and the fundamental considerations that commercial businesses... Read More

New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues Article Has Been Published in the Spring 2011 Issue of ABA publication, The Brief
Posted on 7 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

The article is "Illicit Life Settlements" by Michael Lovendusky. The article addresses the systematic acquisition and transfer of life insurance policies to investors without insurable interest in the insureds' lives is a controversial activity... Read More

Kramer v. Phoenix Life Ins. Co. - New York Court of Appeals Holds STOLI Arrangements Satisfy NY Insurable Interest Requirements
Posted on 28 Jan 2011 by Stephan Leimberg and Howard Zaritsky

By Stephan Leimberg and Howard Zaritsky In a case certified to it by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the highest court in New York held in a 5-2 decision that New York's insurable interest rules didn't prohibit an insured from... Read More

The Law of Life and Health Insurance - § 2.07[9] Investor Initiated Life Insurance (“IILI”)
Posted on 21 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

The Law of Life and Health Insurance - § 2.07[9] Investor Initiated Life Insurance ("IILI") , is a section that was recently added to Chapter 2 "Insurable Interest" of The Law of Life and Health Insurance by Bertram Harnett and... Read More

Wager On Life Is Void -- Insurance Requires Insurable Interest
Posted on 30 Sep 2011 by Barry Zalma

By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant It is the essence of insurance that for insurance to exist the person insured must have an insurable interest in the property or life insured. Life insurance insurable interest can be defined as an interest... Read More

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS IN PROPERTY INSURANCE - New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 41
Posted on 15 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By David B. Goodwin, P. Benjamin Duke, and R. Gregory Rubio This chapter provides an introduction to the basic contours of the law applicable to policies of commercial property insurance and the fundamental considerations that commercial businesses... Read More

Introduction and General Principles of Reinsurance Law – New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 71
Posted on 2 Aug 2012 by Dan Gerber and Jeff Kingsley of Goldberg Segalla

By Daniel W. Gerber, Jeffrey L. Kingsley and Fallyn B. Reichert, Attorneys, Goldberg Segalla LLP Chapter 71 provides a thorough introduction to reinsurance and its commercial purposes; the operation of reinsurance contracts; and certain fundamental... Read More

Title Insurance – New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 54
Posted on 20 Jul 2012 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Steven A. Freeman, Stephen V. Masterson, Philip M. Midgen, and Ann E. Miller, Attorneys, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP This chapter addresses the unique elements of title insurance, the scope of coverage under title... Read More

Highlights of the Fall 2011 Issue of New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law
Posted on 23 Sep 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

The Fall 2011 issue of the New Appleman on Insurance; Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law quarterly features three articles on the cutting edge of insurance law: • On the Cusp of Change: the Intersection of Social Media and Insurance ... Read More