You Must Comply With California Regulations by September 1 Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations All insurers doing business in California must comply with the requirements of California Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations (the “Regulations”... Read More
In its recent decision in Aguilar v. Gostischef , 2013 Cal.App. LEXIS 816 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. Oct. 11, 2013) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], a California appellate court had occasion to consider whether a claimant’s statutory... Read More
By John Berringer and Jennifer Katz, Reed Smith LLP In In Re East 51st St. Crane Collapse Litigation , the New York Supreme Court permitted the primary insurance company to enter into a settlement which clearly was not “in the best interests... Read More
By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton Chapter 8 addresses defenses which insurers might assert in addition to their attempts to negate insureds’ claims that the insurer breached contractual duties ordinarily imposed as part of the duty of... Read More
By Daniel W. Gerber, Jeffrey L. Kingsley, and Clayton D. Waterman Chapter 74 provides a comprehensive analysis of the duties, obligations and limits of reinsurers in reinsurance transactions. Section 74.01 begins by examining the duty of utmost... Read More
By Timothy P. Law and Lisa A. Szymanski, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP This article discusses various doctrines applied by courts to avoid the technical forfeiture of insurance coverage. These doctrines include waiver, estoppel, "mend the hold,"... Read More
Travelers Indem. of Conn. v. Arch Specialty Ins. Co. , 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169453 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 26, 2013) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ] In Travelers , the district court concluded that the carrier must act in good faith... Read More
By Steven H. Weisman and Anne Matthews, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP There is an inherent conflict of interest created by retrospective premium policies not present in the more typical, guaranteed cost policy. In a guaranteed cost policy... Read More
By Jennifer Yu Sacro and William T. Barker, Attorneys, SNR Denton In Haley v. Allstate Insurance Co. , a Washington federal court held that an insurer may incur bad faith liability in the course of defending an uninsured motorist action filed by its... Read More
By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton Counsel for insureds are likely to use the Seventh Circuit’s opinion in R.G. Wegman Construction Co. v. Admiral Insurance Co., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 679 (Jan. 14, 2011), as a basis to argue for broader... Read More
By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton Chapter 8 addresses defenses which insurers might assert in addition to their attempts to negate insureds’ claims that the insurer breached contractual duties ordinarily imposed as part of the duty... Read More
By William T. Barker, Kirk R. Ruthenberg, and Kenneth J. Pfaehler, SNR Denton In their article “First-Party Bad Faith in Maryland: Does the New Statute Reach ‘Fairly Debatable’ Claims Denials” appearing in the September/October... Read More
By Timothy P. Law and Lisa A. Szymanski, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP This article discusses various doctrines applied by courts to avoid the technical forfeiture of insurance coverage. These doctrines include waiver, estoppel, "mend the hold... Read More