Emerging Risks


January 09, 2018

A Connecticut trial court has refused to dismiss plaintiffs' claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress based on their alleged exposure…

January 09, 2018

Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that an insurance company was entitled to rescind coverage under a policy…

January 09, 2018

Recently, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania determined that proof of an insurer's self-interest or ill-will is not necessary in a claim of bad faith…

January 09, 2018

Recently, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas stated it was "telling" that an insurer and its parent company…

January 09, 2018

The Supreme Court of Washington recently determined that a law firm with an insurer as a client may defend a policyholder of that insurer in an unrelated…

January 09, 2018

When Fire and Insects don't Mix January 9, 2018 In the movie Live and Let Die, James Bond discovers what we assume is a poisonous snake in the…

January 09, 2018

FC&S Legal has published "A Warning Signal for Auto Insurers from the Second Circuit," originally published on the New York Law Journal,…

January 09, 2018

Last year, the United States experienced 16 weather and climate disasters each with losses exceeding $1 billion, totaling approximately $306…

January 09, 2018

XL Catlin and the New York Academy of Art have launched the U.S. edition of the XL Catlin Art Prize. The prize will have exhibitions in San Francisco,…

January 09, 2018

The California Department of Insurance ("DOI") has released a report on what it characterized as the growing problem of homeowners'…