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By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton LLP In Great American Excess & Surplus Insurance Co. v. Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., a divided Mississippi Court of Appeals held, (on an issue that has divided other jurisdictions) that...

By William T. Barker & Ronald D. Kent, Partners, SNR Denton In Nease v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., an excess insurance case, State Farm promptly tendered its $25,000 limits. The claimant's attorney requested a statement...

By John Berringer and Michael DiCanio, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP While it has long been the general rule in New York and other jurisdictions that a policyholder's settlement with a primary insurer for less than full policy limits can nevertheless...

By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton An insurer normally has subrogation or reimbursement rights when the losses it has paid are recoverable from a third party, but typically these rights are qualified by a requirement that its insured must...

By Douglas R. Richmond, Senior Vice President, Aon Risk Services Businesses and individuals seeking liability protection have varying insurance coverage needs. One concern is the amount of coverage required to shield against potential losses. Some...

Dan A. Bailey and Timothy W. Burns This chapter begins by discussing the enormous success of directors and officers ("D&O") insurance in protecting the personal assets of directors and officers and particularly outside corporate directors...

On September 7, 2012, the Delaware Supreme Court, applying California law, held that Intel's excess insurer's defense obligations were not triggered where Intel had settled with the underlying insurer for less than policy limits and had itself...

HOUSTON – (Mealey’s) Transocean Ltd.’s excess insurers filed a complaint for declaratory judgment Friday in a Texas federal court, seeking a ruling that no additional insured coverage is owed to BP plc. with respect to pollution claims...

Peter M. Gillon, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP A recent ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, affirming the decision of District Court Judge Gerard Lynch in XL Specialty Ins. Co. v. Agoglia , 2009 U.S....

A plenary session of the ICLC conference on March 5, 2010 was devoted to the increasingly complex set of issues confronting insureds and excess insurers in large-scale, long-tail claims. It was entitled, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door: Perspectives...

Asbestos - But More - If the decision can make it here, it can make it anywhere Randy J. Maniloff, White and Williams, LLP Come on, isn't it annoying that New York's highest court is called the Court of Appeals of New York and not...

(Lexis.com subscribers may access the cases below by clicking on the links) By Verne A. Pedro, Special Counsel, Goldberg Segalla LLP Injured visitors, faulty construction, mold, critters, fire, natural disasters-businesses face substantial...

By Marc Lanzkowsky, Founder and Principal, Lanzko Consulting, Inc. As the losses in the gulf continue to rise, the true claims impact has yet to unfold I don’t think the insurance industry has felt the true brunt of the horrific events...