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New York’s highest court holds that policy with terrorism exclusion restricts the cause of potential covered damages

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 11 2008

Last month, the New York Court of Appeals held that a tenant breached its lease and, in doing so, violated New York Insurance Law 3404

Recent ruling dismisses claims against Massachusetts premises owners for asbestos liability

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 26 2012

In a victory for Massachusetts premises owners and their insurers, the Massachusetts Superior Court recently dismissed all claims against a group of twenty-three premises owners whom the Plaintiff alleged were liable (under both strict liability and negligence theories) for the development of the decedent’s asbestos-related mesothelioma

Court holds that professional services exclusion in D&O policy applies to broker-dealer’s distribution of REITs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2013

A federal court, applying New York law, recently held that a "professional services" exclusion in a D&O policy applied to lawsuits against a

New York Court of Appeals: earth movement exclusion does not apply to damage caused by adjacent lot excavation

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2009

New York’s highest court recently held that an exclusion for "earth movement" in a property policy did not exclude coverage for damage to the policyholder’s building that resulted when excavation of the adjacent lot caused earth to slide away beneath the insured building

Federal court rules no coverage for Chinese drywall damages under homeowner’s policy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2010

On June 3, 2010 Judge Robert G. Doumar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that a homeowner’s policy did not cover damages associated with Chinese manufactured drywall

Faulty work deemed an "occurrence" under GCL policy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2011

Over the years, swimming pools have given rise to more than their share of reported decisions

Chinese drywall -- Florida Federal Court rules pollution exclusion does not bar coverage

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2011

United States District Court Judge Susan C. Bucklew has recently issued an opinion holding that the pollution exclusion did not bar coverage for property damages associated with Chinese drywall

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issues order regarding sinkhole rate increases

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2011

On September 20, 2011, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“FOIR”) issued an order on the proposed rate increases by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) for homeowners, dwelling fire, and sinkhole coverage

Fifth Circuit upholds dismissal of claims against insurance agent based on Louisiana’s one-year statute of limitations

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 29 2008

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently upheld the dismissal of a claim by two individuals against an insurance agent who sold them renters’ insurance because they failed to file their claim within one-year after they learned about, or should have known, the facts that gave rise to their claim

State Farm - Florida’s largest provider of homeowners and property related insurance - is withdrawing from the market

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 27 2009

Florida's largest private homeowners insurer, State Farm Florida, today informed the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) that it will stop selling homeowners and other property-related insurance policies in the state