Emerging Risks


June 24, 2008

Judge Senter cut short a Katrina coverage jury trial and ordered State Farm to pay the policyholders the full limits under their homeowner's policy, the same day that the jury awarded the plaintiffs punitive damages.

June 24, 2008
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In Tufo's Wholesale Dairy, Inc. v. CNA Financial Corp., No. 03 Civ. 10175 (JFK), 2005 WL 756884 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 4, 2005), the court found provisions…

June 24, 2008

Securities Exchange Act of 1934—Section 16(b)—Archived Article October 2004 Many policy forms contain exclusionary language relating to…

June 24, 2008
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that an insurer owed a duty to defend under a business liability policy in Broom v. Continental Casualty Co.,…

June 24, 2008

Multistate Forms Not Applicable in a Given StateState ListingsThe following information concerns multistate ISO forms that are not applicable in…

June 24, 2008
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In Widdows v. State Farm Florida Ins. Co., No, 5D05-1052, 2006 WL 247905 (Fla. App. Feb.3, 2006), a Florida appeals court ruled that an abnormality…

June 24, 2008

Car Pools—Archived Article September, 2001 Effect on Automobile Insurance Summary: The widespread use of car pools causes questions to arise…

June 24, 2008

Commercial General Liability Endorsements – Archived Article October, 2003 Modifying the CGL Coverage Form Summary: Insurance Services Office…

June 24, 2008
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In United Nat. Ins. Co. v. Hydro Tank, Inc., 2008 WL 1799963, C.A.5 ( Tex. ), United National, the umbrella liability insurer for Hydro Tank, the employer…

June 24, 2008

Introduction, General Rules,and Conditions—Archived Article October, 2003 Commercial Inland Marine Program Summary: The current simplified…