Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 19 Feb 2019
Mr. Demetriou had a family heirloom Ring appraised. It was worth $550,000. He insured the Ring against theft with AIG Insurance Company of Canada…
Fenchurch Law | European Union, United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2019
#5 (The Ugly). AIG v Woodman
Ince | Germany, United Kingdom | 15 Mar 2018
In Woodford v AIG Europe, the Commercial Court ordered the insurer AIG to indemnify the claimants insured under a D&O policy for legal costs incurred…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 9 Mar 2018
A federal court in New Jersey recently held that the construction of an ambiguous policy term is not a matter suitable for judgment on the pleadings…
Levitan, Sharon & Co | Israel | 19 Dec 2017
A recent Tel Aviv Economic District Court case examined the issue of an insured's disclosure duty versus an insurer's obligation to conduct independent investigations. The court determined that an insured has a broad disclosure obligation during the underwriting of a policy, and that an insurance contract is subject to duties of good faith and fairness. Therefore, an insurer is entitled to......
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 7 Dec 2017
New York Insurance Law section 3420, which applies to policies issued on or after January 17, 2009, contains a number of provisions and requirements…
Dechert LLP | USA | 6 Oct 2017
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on September 29, 2017 issued a determination rescinding its prior designation of American…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 11 Aug 2017
In Escobar, the Supreme Court described several factors that a district court should consider in assessing whether a particular contractual…
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | United Kingdom | 8 Jun 2017
Whisper it, but - for the first time ever - we have sympathy with our politicians. How to choose which issues to highlight? What some of you find…
Latham & Watkins LLP | European Union | 11 May 2017
Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance, which seeks to bridge the gap between a buyer’s wish for deal protection and a seller’s desire for a clean…