Essential Tools for Insurance Coverage Legal Research
Support your decision in a claims dispute and help your clients get
paid.
Gain an understanding of the hottest insurance litigation topics from the
expert summaries and in-depth articles on leading-edge coverage cases and legal
articles.
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COVID Coverage Issues
Never before has the United States encountered a nationwide catastrophe like
the coronavirus, resulting in billions, possibly, trillions of dollars of lost
business income. The result has been hundreds of business interruption lawsuits
filed against commercial property insurers. Track this litigation by state with
an interactive US map showing the cases filed by state. Click the state to see
the names of the plaintiffs, insurers, the courts, and several of the insurance
provisions involved. Read the actual pleadings, the important motions filed by
each party, ultimately the court's final ruling on coverage, and see the
policies involved.
Deep Dives
These are legal articles written by expert insurance coverage attorneys from
across the nation. The articles focus on current issues with significant
implications for insurance professionals. Added regularly, articles address
recent cases, issues, and trends relating to COVID-19, policy conditions,
current issues, construction, claims handling, litigation trends, and other
topics. If you're looking for significant legal insurance developments,
look no further. Many of these articles are written by the Insurance Law
Essentials board, a group of vetted experts from the American Bar
Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.
Insurance Law Reporter
The reporter delivers important insurance coverage decisions straight to
your inbox twice a month. It alerts you to breaking coverage decisions,
organized by coverage line and jurisdiction, so you can quickly find the cases
that are important to you. Also learn about new legal articles published as
Deep Dives in Insurance Law Essentials. With the insight of the most respected
insurance coverage minds in the country at your fingertips, you will be made
aware of key trends and insights—no law degree required. Currently
available only to IRMI Online subscribers.
Insurance Case Finder
Updated weekly, Insurance Case Finder is an enhancement to the IRMI.com
search experience consisting of a large database of over 10,000 insurance case
summaries and a set of unique filters that make legal research much simpler and
faster. Use this search functionality to find relevant case authority law to
support an insurance claim, justify enhanced coverage enhancements, and/or
resolve insurance coverage disputes. Attorneys doing insurance coverage work
will appreciate how fast and easy it is to find relevant case law. But you
don't need to be a lawyer to use it. Court cases are organized by type of
insurance policy, policy provision, and coverage issue, so that anyone with a
basic understanding of the insurance industry can easily locate needed
information .
CGL Reporter/Insurance Coverage Cases
This reference, published every other month, identifies the most important
insurance-related coverage decisions handed down each year and provides concise
and insightful commentary on each case and its implications. Written by
prominent coverage litigation experts, these summaries can keep you apprised of
current US litigation primarily in property and casualty insurance, but also in
other commercial and personal lines areas. Current issues, such as COVID-19
cases and class action cases, are also provided.
Whether the litigation focuses on additional insured or intellectual
property issues, you have the insight of the nation's best coverage
attorneys at your fingertips.
Case Law Library
This library is a PDF collection of over 6,500 slip opinions that have been
selected by the IRMI research analysts and referred to in IRMI publications as
being particularly important to the insurance industry. Go to the source, and
read the pleadings yourself. The cases can be used for general information,
coverage analysis, drafting manuscript policy language, analyzing exposures,
and resolving specific coverage disputes.
Fundamentals of Insurance Law
A comprehensive, 150-page overview of legal principles for risk and
insurance professionals. Fundamentals of Insurance Law has 13 chapters
addressing topics such as insurance regulation, characteristics of contracts,
the anatomy of an insurance policy, property law, legal liability, the legal
environment for underwriting and claims adjusting, and consumer laws affecting
insurance.
Canadian Coverage Caselaw
Written by experienced, practicing Canadian coverage attorneys, this is the
best source for important Canadian insurance coverage court decisions. Complete
with articles relating to the Canadian legal system and other relevant issues,
this resource will help you keep up with what's new and important in
Canada.
Free White Paper
Additionally, you can now see details of some decisions and a list of cases
citing IRMI reference services, expert commentary, and glossary definitions in
the new white paper, IRMI's
Influence in the Courts—Shaping Insurance Law.