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By Benjamin Schrier The February 24, 2014 post, Builder's Risk Insurance: What Owners and Contractors Need to Know , has been updated to include slides of the presentation given by Seth Lamden. Click here to view the slides (March 27, 2014)...

Anyone reading this knows that construction defect claims often involve a lot of parties. I was once involved in a California CD case, with so many parties, that when it came time for a mediation in Los Angeles it was necessary to rent the Kodak Theatre...

By Eliot R. Hudson , Carl H. Poedtke III , and Stephen W. Schwab Casualty insurers normally do not expect to pay the cost of their insureds simply doing a good job. Insurers typically view their contracts as assuming the risk of delineated consequences...

In Kaady v. Mid-Continent Casualty Company , 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 10754 (9th Cir. June 25, 2015), [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, applying...

Insurers have been taking various steps to attempt to limit their exposure for bodily injury claims on construction sites (not to mention for property damage). One way has been to amend the employer’s liability exclusion to preclude coverage for...

Over the past few years insurers have been taking various affirmative steps, such as adding endorsements, to attempt to limit their exposure for bodily injury claims on construction sites (not to mention for property damage). The Eleventh Circuit just...

By Brydon M. DeWitt: The Obama administration’s one-year delay in the employer health insurance mandate was welcome relief for many employers. But, time is still running short. Employers need to plan for compliance now. Beginning January 1...