Texas court rejects “common interest” privilege for insurer claims reports *

USA - July 20 2012
Typically, insurers will send periodic reports to their insureds regarding the status of pending workers compensation bodily injury claims and other, insured matters.

Co-authors: Edmund M. Kneisel .

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Georgia court rejects an insurer’s “boilerplate” language purporting to reserve unasserted coverage defenses *

USA - July 13 2012
Unless insurance coverage is absolutely clear, liability insurers usually will not assume the defense of an insured without issuing a broadly worded “reservation of rights” letter.

Co-authors: Antoinette L. Ellison , Edmund M. Kneisel .

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Georgia Supreme Court sanctions coverage for “diminution of value” caused by damage to insured commercial property *

USA - June 12 2012
In what may be the first appellate ruling in the United States on the issue, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that a commercial policyholder may recover from its property damage insurer loss for “diminution in value” in addition to the costs of repairing a damaged building.

Co-authors: Edmund M. Kneisel .

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Insurance coverage for losses caused by tornadoes *

USA - May 31 2011
A wave of violent tornadoes recently pummeled the Southern and Midwest regions of the United States causing widespread damage and destruction.

Co-authors: Jennifer Rasile Everitt, Erica J. Dominitz , Barry J. Fleishman.

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Insurance coverage for disaster recovery losses in Japan *

Japan, USA - March 24 2011
It has been impossible to view the photographs or watch the video images of the destruction from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan without feeling profoundly and ineffably sad and sympathetic.

Co-authors: Brent W. Brougher, Carl A. Salisbury , Edmund M. Kneisel , Brian Epps.

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