Ohio Court of Appeals holds that paying terrorist groups is not an occurrence *

USA - March 15 2013
In Chiquita Brands Int'l Inc. v. Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co, No C-120019, 2013 WL 836861 (Ohio Ct. App. Mar. 6, 2013), the Ohio Court of Appeals applied…

Co-authors: Saad Gul .

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First Circuit applies time-on-the-risk allocation and holds that owned property exclusion bars coverage for air pollution *

USA - January 25 2013
In Boston Gas Company v. Century Indemnity Company, ___ F.3d ___, 2013 WL 203578 (1st Cir. 2013) ("Boston Gas II"), the United States Court of…

Co-authors: Jeremy B. Glen.

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Fifth Circuit holds that quoting policy language, without supporting factual allegations, does not trigger duty to defend *

USA - November 30 2012
In PPI Technology Services, L.P. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, No. 12-40189, 2012 WL 5950943 (5th Cir. Nov. 29, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, construing Texas law, affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of the insurer.

Co-authors: Mark A. Black .

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Texas intermediate appellate holds that trial court abused its discretion in refusing to sever bad faith claims *

USA - October 19 2012
In In re Texas Farm Bureau Underwriters, 374 S.W.3d 651 (Tex. Ct. App. 2012), an intermediate Texas appellate court conditionally granted an insurer’s writ of mandamus and held that a trial court abused its discretion by denying the insurer’s motion to sever a policyholder’s extracontractual claims from the contract claims.

Co-authors: Theodore N. Nemeroff .

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules that insurer must advise policyholder to request an arbitration award that allocates between covered and noncovered claims *

USA - August 31 2012
In Remodeling Dimensions, Inc. v. Integrity Mutual Insurance Company, ___ N.W.2d ___, 2012 WL 3587825 (Minn. 2012), the Minnesota Supreme Court, applying Minnesota law, held, among other issues, that the insurer, which provided a defense of an arbitration pursuant to a reservation of rights, had a duty to advise the policyholder to request a written award that apportions the award between covered and uncovered claims.

Co-authors: Tara Goodwin .

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