Emerging Risks


A brief history and overview of crop-hail insurance and the federal crop insurance program.

August 16, 2019
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The California Supreme Court has decided that if a lawyer signs a settlement agreement approving "as to form and content", that lawyer may be bound by that agreement's confidentiality provisions.

August 15, 2019
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DP 00 02 07 88 Dwelling Fire Policy Broad Form, July 1988 edition

August 12, 2019

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that an insurance company could not rely on two "war" exclusions in the policy to deny coverage to the insured for damages that the insured suffered after Hamas fired rockets from Gaza into Israel.

August 12, 2019

Are losses from a counterfeit cashiers check covered under the False Pretenses endorsement?

August 12, 2019

A pastor and his wife have been charged with arson after burning down their church for the insurance money.

August 05, 2019

Discusses issues with mulch and landscaping.

August 05, 2019
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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that the insurer of a bible conference center was not liable for injuries suffered by a child who fell from a zip line suspended 50 feet in the air.

August 05, 2019

A man from Plymouth Minnesota has pleaded guilty to faking his own death for $2 million in life insurance proceeds.

August 05, 2019

Question of tenant's interest to claim payment for improvements and betterments calculated in landlord's fire loss settlement.