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Liability Insurance
Trigger Theories and the CGL
2008-12-01 | Craig F Stanovich
Craig Stanovich explains that trigger theories can only affect when the bodily injury or property damage is determined to have occurred.
Liability Insurance
Coverage Trigger: Getting It Right for the Right Reason
2008-10-01 | R Steven Rawls
Steve Rawls shows why an injury-in-fact or actual injury trigger is the only trigger theory he believes is supported by the CGL policy.
Liability Insurance
Care, Custody, or Control Exclusion in the CGL
2008-10-01 | Craig F Stanovich
Craig Stanovich describes how small changes in circumstances can result in totally different outcomes as to whether property is in the care, custody, or control of the insured.
Liability Insurance
The Future Is Now: When Eventual Indemnity Obligations become Present Defense Obligations
2008-08-01 | R Steven Rawls
Steve Rawls relates a case erasing the distinction between an insurer's duty to indemnify and its duty to defend.
Liability Insurance
CGL Insurance 2007 Edition—A Summary of Changes
2008-06-01 | Craig F Stanovich
While tempting, it's not wise to dismiss the December 2007 ISO changes. Craig Stanovich provides a synopsis.
Design and Professional Liability
Contractors Professional Liability Market Update
2008-06-01 | Jeff Slivka
Jeff Slivka expects to continue to see an expanded need for contractors professional liability. Markets, requirements, rates, and trends are provided.
Liability Insurance
Variations on a Theme: When the Cause Theory Determines the Number of Occurrences
2008-05-01 | R Steven Rawls
Steve Rawls shows how similar facts may result in a different number of occurrences, despite courts' reliance on the cause theory.
Construction Defect Coverage
Defective Construction as an Occurrence: Witnessing the "Occurrence" Farewell Tour?
2008-04-01 | Patrick J Wielinski
Explore the intricate litigation surrounding "occurrence" and "property damage" definitions in CGL policies through expert analysis and case reviews.
Liability Insurance
I Did Not Expect That! The CGL Exclusion for Expected or Intended Injury
2008-03-01 | Craig F Stanovich
Craig Stanovich highlights what is and what is not excluded by the commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy's Exclusion a.
Design and Professional Liability
Owners Protective Professional Indemnity Insurance
2008-03-01 | Jeff Slivka
Jeff Slivka and Tony Polini discuss the OPPI policy as a more desirable option for owners than the alternatives currently available to them.
Liability Insurance
Coverage Trigger: Getting It Right for the Right Reason
2008-10-01 | R Steven Rawls
Liability Insurance
The Future Is Now: When Eventual Indemnity Obligations become Present Defense Obligations
2008-08-01 | R Steven Rawls
Design and Professional Liability
Contractors Professional Liability Market Update
2008-06-01 | Jeff Slivka
Liability Insurance
Variations on a Theme: When the Cause Theory Determines the Number of Occurrences
2008-05-01 | R Steven Rawls
Construction Defect Coverage
Defective Construction as an Occurrence: Witnessing the "Occurrence" Farewell Tour?
2008-04-01 | Patrick J Wielinski
Liability Insurance
I Did Not Expect That! The CGL Exclusion for Expected or Intended Injury
2008-03-01 | Craig F Stanovich
Design and Professional Liability
Owners Protective Professional Indemnity Insurance
2008-03-01 | Jeff Slivka
