8/22/2025 3:44:18 PM Court of Appeal Clarifies War Risks Policy Exclusions and the Duty of Fair Presentation By Thomas Morgan Mark Pring In a victory for policyholders, the Court of Appeal’s decision in Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SE...
3/14/2025 9:50:54 PM California Insurance Commissioner Bulletin Adds Guidance on Smoke Damage Claims By Jessica Gopiao David Weiss On March 7, 2025, the California Department of Insurance issued Bulletin 2025-7, which provides crucial guidance on the handling of smoke...
12/5/2024 4:36:38 PM Court of Appeal finds that Covid-19 was a “catastrophe” By Mark Pring Thomas Morgan This autumn, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down judgment in UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA v Covéa Insurance Plc [2024]...
3/29/2024 10:52:57 PM Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse implicates several insurances types By Amber Finch Stephen Raptis Amy Koss The shocking and tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge over Baltimore Harbor on Tuesday is already having significant impacts...
7/10/2023 5:15:56 PM Tomorrow’s supply chain – First-party insurance coverage for supply chains By David Weiss Richard Lewis Supply chain disruptions due to natural and man-made events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and global and regional...
4/14/2023 2:17:19 AM California Supreme Court to offer guidance for COVID-19 coverage cases By Ashley Jordan Elizabeth Bowman Courts continue grappling with the application of California insurance law to COVID-19 business interruption claims. After three years of...
1/4/2023 10:36:38 PM Policyholders seeking coverage for Covid-19-related losses may have reason to be optimistic By Nicholas Insua I recently wrote about lessons that could be learned from the ongoing insurance coverage jurisprudence related to the coronavirus /...
12/6/2022 10:13:40 PM COVID-19 business income claims – Will state appellate courts reject federal court predictions as to state law? By Richard Lewis In the past few months, in cases considering whether SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 can cause direct physical loss or damage to property so as to...
11/22/2022 9:19:14 PM Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole: Answering questions policyholders frequently ask (or should ask) to ensure maximum recovery By Jessica Gopiao Matthew Weaver At $40-70 billion in estimated insured losses, Hurricane Ian is the nation’s second most expensive natural disaster for the insurance...
11/17/2022 5:14:31 PM Direct physical loss in COVID Coverage cases: Are policyholders seeing a litigation shift in favor of COVID-19 coverage? By Connor O'Carroll Elizabeth Bowman David Weiss The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented closures and losses for businesses throughout the United States. Naturally,...
11/11/2022 10:19:24 PM Maximizing recovery for combined wind and flood damages in hurricane claims By Maria Castro Sanchez Matthew Weaver This year, Hurricane Ian swept through the Southeastern United States, causing extensive damage to property in the affected areas. While...
10/19/2022 8:40:47 PM Amy’s Kitchen: A step in the right direction By Adrienne Kitchen Douglas Rawles On October 4, the California First Appellate District in Amy’s Kitchen, Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, 2022 Cal. App. LEXIS...
10/10/2022 2:44:15 PM Calculating business income losses for a business interruption claim By Evy Wild Anthony Newman Many commercial property insurance policies require that policyholders submit a Sworn Statement in a Proof of Loss (also referred to as...
8/31/2022 4:17:16 PM A policyholder win: Court finds coverage for COVID-19 related losses By Nat Ochoa David Weiss Recently, a California federal court issued a favorable decision for policyholders seeking coverage for losses arising from COVID-19 who...
7/21/2022 10:20:18 PM Looking beyond “Physical Damage to Property”: Is Marina Pacific Hotel a winning framework for policyholders? By Claire Whitehead John Vishneski It’s no secret that businesses of all shapes and sizes have suffered tremendous losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. From closures to the...
3/2/2022 1:30:57 PM Responding to a cyber-related business interruption: best practices By Brian Himmel Andy Moss One of the top issues facing business today is the risk of business interruption resulting from a cyber-related attack. Regardless of the...