
Environmental Deregulation Fuels Insurance Uncertainties
President Donald Trump's policy agenda of dismantling environmental regulations has created more uncertainty in the insurance world, where the benefit from decreased government enforcement may be undercut by shifting litigation risks, new legal theories and potential lingering exposures, insurance attorneys said.

OpenAI Death Suit Heightens AI Insurance Concerns
A wrongful death lawsuit filed against OpenAI and its CEO has insurance experts evaluating what potential carrier involvement may look like, bolstering concerns over whether creators of artificial intelligence platforms have proper coverage and whether carriers could be on the hook for potentially large losses.

Lloyd's Fossil Fuel Reversal Strikes Experts As Political
Lloyd's of London's recent move to relax coverage restrictions for certain fossil fuel businesses reflects a more permissive political climate for polluting industries, experts said, while advocates for sustainable investment called it bad business.
Property More
Two PulteGroup Inc. subsidiaries have settled their property damage coverage suit against multiple insurers in New Mexico federal court, according to the presiding judge's order on Tuesday.
A condominium association accused an AIG unit in Florida federal court Monday of "grossly" undervaluing the amount of damages it incurred from a cracked water pipe, saying the entirety of its plumbing system h... (more story)
A Washington condominium association has settled a lawsuit with Country Casualty Insurance Co. over $2.4 million in unpaid claims for water damage that an architect and the association discovered in a probe to... (more story)
Two recent rulings from Minnesota and Kentucky federal courts signal that past statements about claims-handling practices may leave insurers using artificial intelligence programs in claims administration vuln... (more story)
A New York federal court analyzed policy limits and retentions over abuse claims against the Archdiocese of New York, the First Circuit ordered an insurer to defend a class action over allegedly faulty heating... (more story)
A Chubb unit has asked a Louisiana federal judge to toss a lawsuit by the owners of a casino as they look to halt parallel litigation in England related to arbitration proceedings for a COVID-19 pandemic cover... (more story)
A New Orleans property owner and its insurers have resolved a dispute over coverage for a $7 million Hurricane Ida damage claim, amid a fight over whether the matter belonged in arbitration, the parties told t... (more story)
On top of California's usual late summer wildfires, this year the state is still healing from January's devastating blazes in the Los Angeles area. Venable partner Ellia Thompson shares how these disasters are... (more story)
Alfa Insurance Corp. won't owe any coverage for a metro Atlanta church's 2022 fire after notching an early win Tuesday on its claims that the church lied about prior property damage on its policy application.
A Florida railroad company incurred minimal losses from Hurricane Irma in 2017 because it took measures to protect its property, but insurers unfairly used the preventive efforts to justify denying coverage fo... (more story)
General Liability More
A North Carolina Business Court judge on Wednesday wanted help deciding whether a Georgia insurance company belongs in a fight over a defunct captive insurer's demise, but neither party seemed to have the answers he needed.
A Connecticut state court refused to nix a breach of contract claim in an ice cream sandwich maker's $4.5 million suit accusing its insurance broker of failing to recommend and procure insurance that would cov... (more story)
The Second Circuit seemed skeptical of a Texas-based firearms retailer's argument that it is owed coverage for suits alleging it contributed to gun violence by selling unfinished components used to assemble wh... (more story)
A Progressive unit that provided commercial auto insurance for a concrete company told a Texas state court it should owe no defense or indemnity in a wrongful death lawsuit involving an overturned cement truck... (more story)
An insurer must arbitrate its dispute with a homeowners association over coverage for underlying suits claiming that the association's pool contractor allowed hazardous chemicals to spread and injure patrons, ... (more story)
An Ohio-based insurance company filed a lawsuit against a tree service and a funeral services business in Florida federal court, saying that it should not have to defend the company that was sued over cutting ... (more story)
A Florida property owner isn't covered for a $3.2 million judgment entered against it in an underlying personal injury lawsuit, an insurer told a federal court Monday, arguing that the property owner failed to... (more story)
An insurer said it doesn't owe coverage to a security company or one of its employees for an underlying suit over a shooting and a related $500,000 stipulated judgment, telling a Nevada federal court Monday th... (more story)
A Liberty Mutual unit may proceed with its suit seeking to avoid coverage for a Lumen Technologies subsidiary in underlying actions over the 2021 Marshall Fire, a Colorado federal court ruled, finding that the... (more story)
A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday upheld a lower court's refusal to certify a class of Progressive policyholders in a suit over adjustments the insurer makes when calculating the actual cash value of a tot... (more story)
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Insurers for Frontier Communications had a duty to defend the telecommunications company against copyright infringement claims that were ultimately settled, a Delaware state court ruled in a recently unsealed ... (more story)
A Chubb insurance unit has claimed a data management company and a cybersecurity firm failed to prevent or mitigate a ransomware attack on one of its policyholders, leading to the insurer being on the hook for... (more story)
A Seattle-based marine logistics company told a Washington federal court that a trio of marine insurers failed to issue a coverage opinion before it ultimately settled an arbitration earlier this year involvin... (more story)
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that a Travelers unit must cover Scholastic Inc. for costs incurred in its defense and settlement of a trademark and copyright infringement suit, but not pay consequential d... (more story)
A wage and hour dispute between Amazon and its Connecticut warehouse workers is the top corporate dispute on the Connecticut Supreme Court's September docket after the justices agreed to answer a certified que... (more story)
Five insurance companies urged the Georgia Court of Appeals Thursday to let them off the hook for a $345 million settlement between a private school and nearly two dozen men who said they were sexually abused ... (more story)
The Fifth Circuit rejected a Texas doctor's request for the full court to review a panel's July decision that he was not entitled to $1 million in tax deductions linked to his urgent care network's captive insurance company.
A subcontractor's insurer must defend and indemnify companies insured by a Liberty Mutual unit on a primary basis in a worker's injury lawsuit, the unit argued to a New York federal court.
A Florida federal court officially signed off on a $5.9 million settlement of a proposed class action against title insurer Fidelity National Financial over a November 2023 data breach that allegedly impacted ... (more story)
Two insurance companies have asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge's permission to file a late request for a quick win on two breach of contract claims against McCarter & English LLP and one of its attorney... (more story)