Unity of accident and occurrence: Illinois Appellate Court holds that one accident causally produced only one occurrence *

USA - January 24 2013
In Ware v. First Specialty Ins. Corp., No. 1-11-3340, 2012 IL App (1st) 113340, 2013 WL 145017 (Jan. 11, 2013), the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed…

Co-authors: Ji Suh Faloon, Bryan S. Chapman.

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Second Circuit finds that insured’s notice to broker is not notice to the insurer and precludes coverage for property owner’s damage claim *

USA - November 28 2012
In Pfeffer v. Harleysville Group, Inc., No. 11-CV-4513, 2012 WL 5392933 (2d Cir. Nov. 6, 2012) (applying New York law), a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the insured’s notice of a property damage claim to his insurance broker did not constitute notice to his insurance carrier under New York law.

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As fracking operations are poised to take place in Illinois, lawmakers are contemplating how to regulate and tax the industry *

USA - June 1 2012
Most of central and southern Illinois sits above the New Albany Shale, a large geologic formation that is rich in natural gas deposits.

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Insurer not required to cover costs for stabilization and demolition of historic building *

USA - March 22 2012
In Clarinet, LLC v. Essex Ins. Co., No. 10-CV-1686, 2012 WL 182529 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 23, 2012), a federal judge interpreting Missouri law held that an insurer was not required to cover the costs to stabilize and then demolish a historic building following damage caused by a windstorm.

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Mortgage lenders are becoming increasingly concerned with gas and oil leases associated with hydraulic fracturing *

USA - November 21 2011
Fee Simple ownership of land in the United States generally consists of both the "surface" rights and the "mineral" rights associated with the property.  

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