By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English Ceres released last month the first analysis of the insurer climate change disclosures submitted to state regulators pursuant to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners rule. The report... Read More

Cynthia S. Betz, Associate, McCarter & English LLP In Memorial Properties, LLC v. Zurich American Insurance Co., 2012 N.J. LEXIS 682 (N.J. June 28, 2012) , the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division's decision that a cemetery... Read More

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English December 22 was to be the day the world ended. But it didn't . The spin put by some on the Mayan calendar didn't pan out and the world continued. Here in Baltimore we didn't buy into the... Read More

By Jennifer Black Strutt, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP The California Supreme Court considered complex questions of insurance policy interpretation in connection with environmental contamination at the Stringfellow Acid Pits waste site... Read More

By Anne Matthews, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP Robert Mericle and Mericle Construction Company (collectively, "Mericle") along with Robert Powell and Mid-Atlantic Youth Services Corporation (collectively, "MAYS") were... Read More

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English We wrote yesterday to introduce Ceres' report on the disclosure of climate risks by insurers and considered its first Recommendation to Regulators concerning mandatory and public disclosures... Read More

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English Ceres released last month the first analysis of the insurer climate change disclosures submitted to state regulators pursuant to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners rule. The report... Read More

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English This is the last of three parts concerning Ceres' recently released Climate Risk Disclosures by Insurers: Evaluating Insurer Responses to the NAIC Climate Disclosure Survey . We already have... Read More

By Jason M. Alexander and David A. Thomas, Associates, McCarter & English, LLP The Supreme Court of New Jersey in Abouzaid v. Mansard Gardens Associates, LLC , 2011 N.J. Lexis 684 (June 21, 2011) held that a claim filed under Portee v. Jaffee... Read More

The City of Toronto just passed North America’s first ordinance mandating the installation of a green roof on new construction commercial and industrial buildings greater than a certain square footage. Green roofs are sprouting in numerous other... Read More

Cynthia S. Betz, Associate, McCarter & English LLP In Memorial Properties, LLC v. Zurich American Insurance Co., 2012 N.J. LEXIS 682 (N.J. June 28, 2012) , the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division's decision that a cemetery... Read More

By Adam J. Budesheim, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP In AES Corp. v. Steadfast Insurance Co. , 725 S.E.2d 532 (Va. 2012), the Supreme Court of Virginia became the first ultimate appellate court to rule on whether general liability policies... Read More

By Louis A. Chiafullo and Brett D. Kahn, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP The New Jersey Appellate Division's recent decision in Penn National Company v. Group C Communications may help policyholders secure coverage for Advertising Injury... Read More

By J. Wylie Donald, David C. Kane, and Lauren E. Ciancia, McCarter & English, LLP The recent decision in AES Corp. v. Steadfast Insurance Co., in which the Supreme Court of Virginia found no "occurrence" in an underlying suit that... Read More

By Cynthia Morrison, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP "Reinsurance, as a specialized industry, utilizes unique terms that are often the subject of disputes between the reinsurer and reinsured. One unique term is the 'follow the fortunes'... Read More