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Perkins Coie LLP on It Is Time for Insurers to Get Off the Fence: New York Courts Reject Blanket Reservations
Posted on 3 May 2012 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Vivek Chopra, partner, and Laura Basford, associate , Perkins Coie LLP This commentary discusses an apparent shift in New York law limiting the effectiveness of an insurance company's blanket reservation of rights letter when it is aware of a... Read More

Tags: Vivek Chopra , recission , state law , late notice , waiver , disclaimer , rescission-based defense , reservation of rights , Laura Basford , New York courts , blanket reservations , Perkins Coie

McCarter and English on New York Courts Continue to Broaden Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Remedies Against Insurance Companies
Posted on 16 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Nicholas M. Insua and Craig W. Davis, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP The decision of the New York Supreme Court in Estee Lauder Inc. v. OneBeacon Insurance Group , No. 602379/05, 2012 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 902, 2012 NY Slip Op 30474U (N.Y. Sup... Read More

Tags: McCarter & English LLP , insurance coverage , Nicholas Insua , extra-contractual remedies , insurance companies , consequential damages , Estee Lauder Inc. v. OneBeacon Insurance Group , Craig Davis , defense costs , Bad Faith , New York courts

Perkins Coie LLP on It Is Time for Insurers to Get Off the Fence: New York Courts Reject Blanket Reservations
Posted on 3 May 2012 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Vivek Chopra, partner, and Laura Basford, associate , Perkins Coie LLP This commentary discusses an apparent shift in New York law limiting the effectiveness of an insurance company's blanket reservation of rights letter when it is aware of... Read More

Tags: Vivek Chopra , recission , state law , late notice , waiver , disclaimer , rescission-based defense , reservation of rights , Laura Basford , New York courts , blanket reservations , Perkins Coie

McCarter and English on New York Courts Continue to Broaden Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Remedies Against Insurance Companies
Posted on 16 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Nicholas M. Insua and Craig W. Davis, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP The decision of the New York Supreme Court in Estee Lauder Inc. v. OneBeacon Insurance Group , No. 602379/05, 2012 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 902, 2012 NY Slip Op 30474U (N.Y. Sup... Read More

Tags: McCarter & English LLP , insurance coverage , Nicholas Insua , extra-contractual remedies , insurance companies , consequential damages , Estee Lauder Inc. v. OneBeacon Insurance Group , Craig Davis , defense costs , Bad Faith , New York courts