Emerging Risks


November 05, 2020

Details the California moratorium on residential policy cancellation or nonrenewals for one year due to wildfires.

November 05, 2020

An Augusta surgeon's lawsuit said MagMutual Insurance's failure to timely respond to a medical malpractice suit tarred his reputation after a $1.7 million settlement on default.

November 05, 2020

Discovery plays an important role in an insurer's ability to successfully prosecute a 'Mallela' fraud case. In his Insurance Fraud column, Evan H. Krinick discusses the standard that insurers bringing a 'Mallela' action generally must meet to be able to obtain discovery from third parties and reviews two recent court decisions applying that standard.

November 05, 2020

The parents of a woman killed in a car crash argued that, at the time of her death, their daughter driver's license still listed their address as her home address, and she gave her employer her parents' address as her home address as well.

November 05, 2020

The tension between federal and many states' laws concerning cannabis present a high risk for insurers.

November 04, 2020

"This could embolden plaintiffs' attorneys to file more lawsuits," said Womble Bond Dickinson insurance defense litigator Rachel E. Keen.

November 04, 2020

The agent was arrested for pocketing insurance premiums, was sentenced to ten years of probation, and was assigned a fine.

November 04, 2020

The agent was arrested for pocketing insurance premiums, was sentenced to ten years of probation, and was assigned a fine.

November 04, 2020

Here's how insurance commissioner races and key ballot measures played out on Nov. 3rd, 2020.

November 04, 2020

Repairing the reputational damage caused by a recall is one of many expenses that product recall insurance can help mitigate.