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LONDON — An English justice recently found for a pair of reinsurers and held that a reinsurance contract only covers underlying policies after those policies have been exhausted ( Teal Assurance Company Limited v. W R. Berkley Insurance (Europe...

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...

Two more courts have joined the growing line of cases holding that excess insurer's payment obligations were not triggered where the policyholder funded part of the loss below the excess insurer's limit. First, on September 12, 2012, New York...

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...

LONDON — An English justice recently found for a pair of reinsurers and held that a reinsurance contract only covers underlying policies after those policies have been exhausted ( Teal Assurance Company Limited v. W R. Berkley Insurance (Europe...