Eric A. Biderman

New York Considering Exception to Anti-Rebating Law that Has Been a Speed Bump for Many Insurtechs

USA - March 21 2019 While you were busy chipping away the snow and ice from the latest winter storm, the New York Legislature proposed legislation that may chip away at…

RIP BitLicenses? New York Legislator Proposes Potential BitLicense Alternative for Cryptocurrency Users

USA - March 30 2018 In an attempt to unite disparate regulatory decisions covering cryptocurrency activity in New York, the New York State Assembly has introduced a new…

Jake Gilbert

Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Excess Insurers' Duties In Settlement Situations

USA - April 3 2017 A recent decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirms that policyholders have leverage to convince excess insurance carriers that they…

Julius A. Rousseau, III, Andrew Dykens, Elliott M. Kroll, James M. Westerlind

Florida Supreme Court Rules that Incontestability Applies to Claims of Lack of Insurable Interest

USA - September 29 2016 On September 22, 2016, in a very straight forward opinion issued in response to a certified questions posed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals…

Julius A. Rousseau, III, Andrew Dykens, Elliott M. Kroll, James M. Westerlind

Second Circuit holds that excess insurance coverage is triggered by actual “payment of losses,” not merely accrual of liability

USA - June 21 2013 In Ali v. Fed. Ins. Co., 11-5000-CV, 2013 WL 2396046 (2d Cir. June 4, 2013), the Second Circuit held that coverage under an excess insurance policy…

Peter G. Mancuso, Steven E. Bledsoe, Michael S. Cryan, Elliott M. Kroll, Stephen G. Larson