NFIP Lapse Threatens Home Sales, Hurricane Protections
Thousands of home sales could be delayed or canceled as a result of the National Flood Insurance Program lapsing under the government shutdown, and homeowners could potentially be left without coverage during hurricane season, experts say.
NAIC's AI Leader Focuses On External Data, Third Parties
The use of artificial intelligence use in the insurance industry has grown in prevalence and scope in recent years, and regulators are coordinating their efforts to keep pace. Doug Ommen, vice chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Big Data and Artificial Intelligence working group, spoke to Law360 about the committee's focus on consumer privacy, third-party data and an Al systems evaluation tool.
Roundup: Insurance Highlights At Climate Week NYC 2025
Politicians and business leaders at this year’s Climate Week in New York City are emphasizing that climate change is posing huge challenges for people struggling with high insurance premiums, but opportunity still exists for the industry in a green transition. Here, Law360 looks at just a few of the happenings this year at the weeklong conference.
NFIP Lapse Threatens Home Sales, Hurricane Protections
Thousands of home sales could be delayed or canceled as a result of the National Flood Insurance Program lapsing under the government shutdown, and homeowners could potentially be left without coverage during hurricane season, experts say.
NAIC's AI Leader Focuses On External Data, Third Parties
The use of artificial intelligence use in the insurance industry has grown in prevalence and scope in recent years, and regulators are coordinating their efforts to keep pace. Doug Ommen, vice chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Big Data and Artificial Intelligence working group, spoke to Law360 about the committee's focus on consumer privacy, third-party data and an Al systems evaluation tool.
Roundup: Insurance Highlights At Climate Week NYC 2025
Politicians and business leaders at this year’s Climate Week in New York City are emphasizing that climate change is posing huge challenges for people struggling with high insurance premiums, but opportunity still exists for the industry in a green transition. Here, Law360 looks at just a few of the happenings this year at the weeklong conference.
Expert Analysis
Personal injury attorneys seeking compensation for victims of wildfires like those in Los Angeles County must care... (more story)
While a state court correctly ruled under Wisconsin law that a standard-form pollution exclusion in an insurance p... (more story)
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A Montana federal court recently took a broad view of related claims, ruling that claims brought by different plai... (more story)
Property More
A Colorado court found that an insurer does not have to cover a $13.4 million construction settlement because it was reached through collusion, an Illinois judge partly reversed a ruling granting biometric pri... (more story)
A Louisiana federal court has temporarily barred a Bermuda-based Chubb unit from pursuing arbitration proceedings in England in a dispute with a hospitality and entertainment company over coverage for pandemic... (more story)
A Travelers unit owes $3 million to cover the bulk of a subcontractor's $4.5 million settlement over botched work at a Clemson University student housing development, a Georgia federal court ruled, finding the... (more story)
A Washington appellate panel has affirmed a state university's defeat in a lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for $63 million in business losses from a COVID-induced shutdown, concluding on Tuesday that the pa... (more story)
A New York federal judge on Tuesday rejected a subcontractor's attempt to recover $2.5 million for construction work on a West Point Military Academy renovation, finding the company's claims are barred under s... (more story)
A construction company's insurer has no duty to cover a roughly $13.4 million settlement the company reached with a residential community's manager over claims that it performed faulty repair work for hail dam... (more story)
An Illinois federal court on Monday significantly cut a proposed class action accusing State Farm of systematically undervaluing policyholders' claims for totaled vehicles, but left intact the policyholders' c... (more story)
A wealth management firm and its CEO told a Tennessee federal court that its professional liability insurer failed to include other insurers and an insurance agency in coverage litigation over underlying arbit... (more story)
Liberty Mutual units urged a Texas federal court to toss an automobile auction company's suit accusing them of failing to indemnify a settlement over stormwater runoff claims, saying the question of breach can... (more story)
A Florida federal court invalidated a $187 million appraisal award that a group of homeowners associations won against their insurers over damage related to Hurricane Sally in 2020, finding that the group's ch... (more story)
General Liability More
A Brooklyn private school's insurers asked a New York federal court to toss a former student's third-party suit asserting they must pay for a $9 million settlement over sexual abuse claims, arguing their inser... (more story)
A Colorado federal judge dismissed the claims of a pipeline construction company against Zurich Monday after the court found the insurance policy between the insurer and one of the construction company's subco... (more story)
An Arizona federal court on Monday tossed an insurer's action seeking to avoid covering a brokerage firm in an underlying state court suit alleging it caused an audio company's buyer to lose $1.35 million thro... (more story)
A contractor's insurer said it does not owe coverage to a bridal shop that won a $38 million judgment against its policyholder following a fire, telling a New York federal court that the policy was declared vo... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has confirmed Avon's Chapter 11 plan a few days after verbally agreeing to approve it.
A New York federal court issued a no-coverage decision over a $3.3 million fraud scheme, a judge said much of a seafood wholesaler's hurricane coverage claims should go to a jury and Connecticut's justices con... (more story)
A Colorado federal court tossed an insurer's suit seeking to escape coverage for an underlying sexual abuse case against the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, saying the organization has no state citizens... (more story)
In the 10 months since new standards were codified for illustrative aids in federal trials, courts have already begun to clarify the rule's application in different contexts and the rule's boundaries, say atto... (more story)
A Berkshire Hathaway unit serving as primary insurer for a commercial property owner failed to adequately defend the owner in a worker injury lawsuit, exposing both the owner and its tenant to a $3 million jur... (more story)
The Fifth Circuit on Monday said a lower court did not err in finding that a marine transportation services company wasn't liable for all claims arising from a June 2022 capsizing and sinking of a barge, sayin... (more story)
Specialty Lines More
Kelley Kronenberg announced that the firm has launched a team focused on handling cyber insurance defense matters in response to the fast growth and increased demand for services in the area.
A Connecticut Superior Court judge has denied requests by Phoenix Life Insurance Co. and PHL Variable Insurance Co. to file late partial summary judgment motions in a $22.3 million professional negligence laws... (more story)
An insurer for a telecommunications company owes no coverage for its $2.5 million settlement with the Illinois government over claims that it failed to collect and remit certain taxes and fees owed by customer... (more story)
Various Travelers units owe no coverage to a software provider that reached a nearly $3 million class action settlement over claims that it violated Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, a federal court... (more story)
An auto insurer for a security business has no duty to indemnify a jury verdict exceeding $20 million over a fatal shooting involving one of the company's guards, an Oregon federal court ruled, finding the gua... (more story)
Two Nationwide units must defend an automotive accessory company accused of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, an Illinois federal court held Tuesday, following a ruling in a separate case ... (more story)
McCarter & English LLP has asked a Connecticut state judge to block two insurers' summary judgment bids on breach of contract claims connected to a $22.3 million professional negligence lawsuit, saying both si... (more story)
Insurers for a logistics technology company must defend the company against claims that it stole a rival's technology and marketing strategy, a Delaware state court ruled, finding that the policies' "prior and... (more story)
In cases alleging that the training of artificial intelligence tools violated copyright laws, successful outcomes may hinge in part on the litigator's ability to clearly present AI concepts through a persuasiv... (more story)
An insurer for a human resources company had no duty to defend it in a client's lawsuit alleging that a recently hired employee the company had screened embezzled more than $1 million, a California federal cou... (more story)