Companies are facing operational and logistical challenges in recovering from the widespread destruction caused by these natural disasters. They will be looking to property damage and business interruption insurance to get them back on track. The time and cost to return to normal operations could be unusually long given the widespread destruction and the lack

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Texas Supreme Court Issues Long Awaited Opinion on Additional Insured Coverage
By John Shugrue, Jennifer J. Dotson & Kevin Dreher on
On February 13, 2015, the Texas Supreme Court, in response to certified questions from the Fifth Circuit, held that BP was only entitled to limited coverage for Macondo related claims as an Additional Insured under Transocean’s insurance policies. Specifically, the court held the Transocean insurance contracts included the language required to necessitate “consulting the drilling contract” to determine BP’s status as an additional insured.
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