Insurance Law

Case of the Month

No Right of Reimbursement for Insurer Defending under Reservation

No "Occurrence" for Construction Defect in CGL Insurance

Insurance for Punitive Damages in Texas?

Worker Must Be Furnished by Third Party To Qualify as "Temporary Worker"

New Hampshire Embraces Pro Rata Allocation for Long-Tail Claims

Excess Insurers Not Obligated To Fund Voluntary Settlement

Court Holds Failure To Read Policy Doesn't Bar Reformation

Household Exclusion Bars Coverage for Claims of Foster Children against Named Insureds

Michigan Supreme Court Interprets "Advertisement"

Carbon Monoxide Is a Pollutant, Per Iowa Supreme Court

Coverage Found for Pollutant Discharge at Stringfellow Acid Pits

Sixth Circuit Rules Indemnity Agreement Is Not an Insured Contract

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Considers Whether Allegations of Faulty Workmanship Constitute "Occurrence"

Minnesota Supreme Court Considers Damage and Defense Cost Allocation in Construction Defect Claim

Mississippi District Court Concludes Water Exclusion Enforceable

Failure To Submit to EUO Constitutes Breach of Contract

Illinois Supreme Court Declines To Adopt "Notice-Prejudice Rule"

Reservation of Rights Does Not Create Right of Reimbursement

Marketing Considered "Misappropriation of Advertising Ideas"

Business Interruption Claims and September 11

Pollution Exclusion Inapplicable to Manganese Welding Fume Claims

No Estoppel without Reservation, Despite Insured's Misrepresentations

New York Courts Rule on Homeowners Policy Provisions

Faulty Work Not an "Occurrence"

One Occurrence—No Stacking

Connecticut Liberalizes "Four Corners" Rule

Consequential Damages for Breach of Express Policy Terms Allowed

CT Court Rules Self-Insureds Must Write Down UM Limit Reductions