Expert Commentary

Liability Insurance

Additional Insured Issues 2016—Part 1

Craig Stanovich | September 16, 2016

The additional insured coverage issues surrounding the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), endorsements are always changing. Learn the history.

Courts and Coverage

Little Known/Utilized Provisions of the CGL Policy: Declarations Provision

Brent Cooper | September 16, 2016

This series of articles looks at little known or utilized provisions of the commercial general liability policy, starting with the declarations provision.

Regulation and Compliance

Insurance Protection on My Cell Phone

Aaron Lunt | September 2, 2016

Cell phone insurance via portable electronic insurance (PEI) is available in all states except Wyoming.

Property Insurance

Other Insurance Clauses: Too Much Insurance Can Hurt You

Jay Levin | September 2, 2016

Relates a recent other insurance case where the policyholder got caught up in a dispute between insurers to its own detriment.

Construction Law

Pay-When-Paid Clauses and Prompt Payment Acts

Robert Miletsky | September 2, 2016

The interaction of pay-when-paid clauses and state prompt payment acts may impact your construction projects and contracts.

Valuation of Insurance Organizations

Valuation of Reinsurers: 2016

Jeff Balcombe | August 26, 2016

Jeff Balcombe discusses some of the factors that impact the valuation of reinsurance businesses and how certain trends and expectations for the reinsurance industry may be affecting the market's current valuations of reinsurance companies.

Defense and Settlement

No Home Run If You Don't Touch All the Bases: Collecting Judgments against Nonsettling Insurers

Lyndon Bittle | August 26, 2016

Lyndon Bittle analyzes the obstacles of collecting judgments against nonsettling insurers in relation to a Texas case, Seger v. Yorkshire Insurance .

Reinsurance

What Is a Financial Interest Clause in a Reinsurance Contract?

Larry Schiffer | August 19, 2016

New financial interest clauses are designed to help mitigate legal/regulatory issues in global insurance coverage for multinational policyholders.

Provide a Plan for Travel Risks

Timothy O'Brien | August 5, 2016

Inform clients of travel risks by sharing educational content and online resources to help consumers reduce their exposure to many travel risks.

Construction Defect Coverage

Defective Work as Occurrence: "The Song Remains the Same"

Patrick Wielinski | July 29, 2016

Explore recent case law on defective workmanship as an occurrence and understand the resulting unpredictability in the legal landscape.