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Excess Insurance: Questions Raised By Qualcomm And Issues Relating To The Duty To Defend
Posted on 14 May 2015 by Seth Lamden

Partner Seth Lamden will be presenting a program entitled "Excess Insurance: Questions Raised by Qualcomm and Issues Relating to the Duty to Defend" at the American Conference Institute's 2nd National Forum on Insurance Allocation at the... Read More

Tags: insurance coverage , duty , defend , excess , drop down

Farella Braun + Martel LLP: Recent Media Coverage Overstates Impact of New Second Circuit Case Regarding “Drop-Down” Issue
Posted on 21 Aug 2013 by Erica Villanueva

By Erica Villanueva, Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP There has been much hand-wringing over the Second Circuit’s decision in Mehdi Ali v. Federal Insurance Co. , __ F.2d __ (2d Cir. 2013) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers... Read More

Tags: insurance coverage , drop down , Excess Coverage

Ten Most Significant Insurance Coverage Decisions Of 2014 – Excess Insurers’ Chins Should Drop Down
Posted on 16 Dec 2014 by Randy J. Maniloff

A case involving an excess insurer’s obligation to drop down wouldn’t seem to be the stuff of one of the year’s ten most significant. In general, drop down provisions in excess or umbrella policies are often-times unique and the decisions... Read More

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