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Environmental

Lead-Based Paint Is a "Pollutant" within CGL Pollution Exclusion

Kent Holland | October 7, 2016

A recent case applies CGL definition of "pollutant" broadly to include potential contaminant situations.

Additional Insured Issues

Excess-Only "Other Insurance" Clauses in California

Gregory Podolak | October 7, 2016

Will California ignore "excess-only" "other insurance" provisions even when the policy language is clear? Guidance may be coming.

Leadership at All Levels

Employee Acquisition: Listen, Learn, Hire

Lisa Harrington | September 30, 2016

This article discusses employee acquisition, development, and retention.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.