Legal Updates

• Attorney: Seaman, Scott M.

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• Hinshaw Readers' Choice Awards: Top Insurance Articles of 2024
  Insights for Insurers
  December 30, 2024
• [White Paper] A Look Back at Key Insurance Developments in 2024 and a Look Ahead to 2025
  December 4, 2024
• [Commentary] An Updated Primer on PFAS/Forever Chemical Claims: Regulation, Litigation, Large Losses, and Insurance Coverage Issues
  November 14, 2024
• How the 2024 U.S. Election Results Will Impact Insurers: A First Attempt at Reading the Tea Leaves
  November 11, 2024
• How the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings on Kaiser and Purdue Pharma Affect Insurers' Rights and Interests in Chapter 11 Cases
  October 29, 2024
• The Hawaii Supreme Court Determines that Greenhouse Gases are "Pollutants" and Ruled Coverage for Climate-Related Claims is Barred by Pollution Exclusions
  Insights for Insurers
  October 10, 2024
• NYSDFS Issues Final Circular for Insurers on Artificial Intelligence and External Data Use
  Insights for Insurers
  August 26, 2024
• [Commentary] A Trilogy of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Empower Regulated Entities to Challenge Agency Regulations and Actions
  Insights for Insurers
  July 10, 2024
• How Several U.S. Supreme Court Cases This Term Will Significantly Impact Insurers
  Insights for Insurers
  March 28, 2024
• [White Paper] United States Insurance Trends and Decisions 2023
  Insights for Insurers
  December 21, 2023
• Two Cases Directly Impacting Insurers Are Currently Pending Before the United States Supreme Court
  Insights for Insurers
  November 6, 2023
• EPA Issues Final Rule Under TSCA Requires Reporting of PFAS (1,462 CHEMICALS) Within 18 Months
  Insights for Insurers
  October 16, 2023
• Insurers Face Large PFAS-Related Losses: A Primer on Forever Chemical Regulation, Liabilities, and Insurance Coverage Issues
  Insights for Insurers
  August 30, 2023
• Punitive Damages Are Now Available in Wrongful Death and Survival Claims in Illinois
  Insights for Insurers
  August 15, 2023
• Scott Seaman Discusses Insurers' Steps to Limit Exposures in California and Florida Homeowner Insurance Markets
  Insights for Insurers
  July 19, 2023
• When ESG Met Mickey Mouse: The Business Judgment Rule Saves Disney Officers and Directors in a Stockholder Records Action
  Hinshaw Alert
  July 18, 2023
• The Impact of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on Insurers and Other Companies and Market Consequences of ESG Missteps
  Insights for Insurers
  July 5, 2023
• [WHITE PAPER - UPDATED] The Social Inflation Survival Guide
  Insights for Insurers
  May 1, 2023
• What are the Insurance Implications of Proposed Anti-ESG Legislation in Texas and Elsewhere?
  Insights for Insurers
  March 28, 2023
• Key Insurance Cases and Developments – 2022 In Review
  Insights for Insurers
  February 27, 2023
• Ohio Supreme Court Rules No Coverage For Ransomware Attack Under BOP Policy Because Computer Software Sustained No Direct Physical Damage
  Insights for Insurers
  December 28, 2022
• Washington Supreme Court Strikes Down A “Claims-Made” Policy Issued To A Contractor On Public Policy Grounds
  Insights for Insurers
  August 19, 2022
• Insurers Are Confronting the Combined Forces of Social Inflation, Price Level Inflation, and Greenflation
  Insights for Insurers
  July 28, 2022
• [WHITE PAPER] West Virginia v. EPA: Insurers Should Consider How Big of a Bite the U.S. Supreme Court Took Out of the "E" in ESG
  Insights for Insurers
  July 7, 2022
• DOJ and EPA Announce Comprehensive Strategy to Hand Out Environmental Justice Nationwide
  Insights for Insurers
  May 11, 2022
• New York Appellate Court Rules Insurer Accepting Service and Assigning Counsel to Defend Defunct Insured Retains Coverage Defenses and is Only Liable for Settlements on a Pro Rata Basis
  Insights for Insurers
  March 24, 2022
• COVID-19 Coverage Litigation: Insurers Maintain Unbeaten Record in All Appellate Court Decisions to Date
  Insights for Insurers
  March 24, 2022
• Colorado Supreme Court Rules Insurance Adjuster is not Personally Liable for Claim Denial
  Insights for Insurers
  March 16, 2022
• Part Seven: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments
  Insights for Insurers
  March 15, 2022
• Part Six: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments
  Insights for Insurers
  March 10, 2022
• Part Five: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments
  Insights for Insurers
  March 3, 2022
• Part Four: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments
  Insights for Insurers
  March 1, 2022
• Split Panel of the Seventh Circuit Rules Largely in Favor of Policyholder on Defense Issues for Nassar USAG Sexual Assault Claims Under D&O Policy
  Insights for Insurers
  March 1, 2022
• The Texas Supreme Court Expands the Circumstances Under Which Extrinsic Evidence Can Be Used by Insurers to Disclaim A Defense
  Insights for Insurers
  February 17, 2022
• Part Three: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments
  Insights for Insurers
  February 15, 2022
• Part Two: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments
  Insights for Insurers
  February 11, 2022
• Part One: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments
  Insights for Insurers
  February 3, 2022
• The Bell Tolls for the "Bellefonte Cap"
  Insights for Insurers
  December 28, 2021
• Second Circuit Rules Indemnity Provision in Construction Contract Trumps "Other Insurance" Clause in Determining Priority of Coverage
  Insights for Insurers
  October 27, 2021
• Comments Due to the Federal Insurance Office on its Wide-Ranging Work Relating to the Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Financial Risks
  Insights for Insurers
  October 12, 2021
• Double Tic-Tac-Toe: Insurers Have Now Prevailed in The First Six U.S. Court of Appeals Decisions Regarding COVID-19 Coverage
  Insights for Insurers
  October 4, 2021
• Insurers Take the Lead on ESG/Sustainability Initiatives
  Insights for Insurers
  September 30, 2021
• Tic-Tac-Toe, Sixth Circuit The Latest of Three United States Court of Appeals Decisions to Have Found No Coverage For COVID-19 Claims Based Upon The Absence of Direct Physical Loss
  Insights for Insurers
  September 24, 2021
• COVID-19 Coverage Update: Insurers Prevail in First Two U.S. Appellate Court Decisions
  Insights for Insurers
  September 7, 2021
• Florida Enacts Significant Reform Impacting Property Insurance Claims
  Insights for Insurers
  June 24, 2021
• Seventh Circuit Affirms "Information Laws" Exclusion Precludes Coverage for TCPA and Related Common Law Claims
  Insights for Insurers
  April 23, 2021
• Does Tilted Turtle's Slow Payment and Carapace Response Entitle Insurer to Liability Policy Rescission?
  Insights for Insurers
  April 6, 2021
• A Review of Emerging Trends in Mergers & Acquisitions and Representations & Warranties Insurance
  Insights for Insurers
  March 30, 2021
• U.S. Senate Bill Would Provide Safe Harbor for Insurers That Insure Cannabis-Related Businesses Operating in Compliance With State and Local Law
  Insights for Insurers
  March 25, 2021
• $6 Million Phishing Loss Does not Trigger Coverage Under Crime Policies
  Insights for Insurers
  March 1, 2021
• Fifth Circuit Affirms No Computer Transfer Fraud Coverage for Phishing Scam
  Insights for Insurers
  February 8, 2021
• Insurance Policy Choice of Law Provision Again Faces Public Policy Challenge
  Insights for Insurers
  December 24, 2020
• No E&O Coverage for Title Agent's Phishing Losses
  Insights for Insurers
  December 4, 2020
• Where We Stand: The Latest Snapshot of COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Litigation
  Insights for Insurers
  October 21, 2020
• Proposed Federal Business Interruption Relief Act Introduced, But Text Not Submitted Yet
  Insights for Insurers
  July 9, 2020
• Congresswoman Maloney Announces Made In America: Preparation for a Pandemic Act
  Insights for Insurers
  July 9, 2020
• What a Difference a Word Makes: "Any Insured" Cross Liability Exclusion Bars Coverage for Lawsuit Against Additional Insured
  Insights for Insurers
  June 3, 2020
• Update on Proposed COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Legislation and Litigation: Are Cooler Heads Beginning to Prevail?
  Insights for Insurers
  June 1, 2020
• Recent Pro-Insurer Developments Concerning COVID-19 Coverage Exposures
  Insights for Insurers
  May 27, 2020
• Illinois Legislature Passes COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Bill Containing Rebuttable Presumption for Front-Line Workers
  Insights for Insurers
  May 26, 2020
• Proposed Illinois Bill Would Create a COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Task Force
  Insights for Insurers
  May 22, 2020
• Early COVID-19 Liability Suits Raise Employment Practices Liability Insurance Issues
  Insights for Insurers
  May 12, 2020
• Ohio Supreme Court Rules Pro Rata Allocation Method Required Under "Those Sums" Policies Where Timing of Damages is Known or Knowable
  Insights for Insurers
  April 24, 2020
• State Insurance Commissioners Weigh In On Business Interruption Coverage for COVID-19 Losses
  Insights for Insurers
  April 22, 2020
• California Department of Insurance Issues Notice to Insurers to Comply with their Legal Requirements with Respect to COVID-19 Related Business Interruption Claims
  Insights for Insurers
  April 17, 2020
• Proposed Federal Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Act
  Insights for Insurers
  April 17, 2020
• Virus Exclusions Are Not Preventing Some Policyholders from Filing COVID-19 Coverage Lawsuits
  Insights for Insurers
  April 15, 2020
• Additional Insights for Insurers From New COVID-19 Coverage Suits
  Insights for Insurers
  April 9, 2020
• Insights on the First COVID-19 Coverage Lawsuits
  Insights for Insurers
  April 4, 2020
• TCPA Fax Claim Is Not a Covered Occurrence; Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage Is Also Not Triggered, Rules Pennsylvania Federal Court
  Insights for Insurers
  April 1, 2020
• Chicago-Area Restaurants Seek Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses in Illinois Federal Court
  Insights for Insurers
  March 31, 2020
• California is the Next State to Request Business Interruption Coverage Information from Insurers
  Insights for Insurers
  March 30, 2020
• Insurers Must Be Proactive to Comply With Federal, State, and Local COVID-19-Related Laws and Regulations to Limit Potential Governmental Overreach
  Insights for Insurers
  March 27, 2020
• Appellate Court Rules Insurers Have Duty to Defend Illinois Biometric Privacy Claim
  Insights for Insurers
  March 25, 2020
• COVID-19, Broken Supply Chains, and Force Majeure
  Insights for Insurers
  March 21, 2020
• U.S. Congress Members Call for Business Interruption Coverage for COVID-19 Losses
  Insights for Insurers
  March 20, 2020
• Future of New Jersey COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Bill is in Question
  Insights for Insurers
  March 19, 2020
• Publication is not Publishing: Ninth Circuit Says Insurer Must Defend Privacy Suit
  Insights for Insurers
  March 18, 2020
• As COVID-19 Coverage Law Suits Are Filed, New Jersey Legislature Considers Mandated COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage
  Insights for Insurers
  March 17, 2020
• NYDFS Instructs Insurers to Provide Explanations of Coverage for COVID-19 Losses
  Insights for Insurers
  March 13, 2020
• Evaluating the Insurability of CCPA Fines Assessed by the California Attorney General
  Insights for Insurers
  March 12, 2020
• Fourth Circuit Holds Privacy Exclusion Bars Coverage for Law Firm's DPPA Claim
  Insights for Insurers
  March 10, 2020
• Insureds Likely Face Uphill Battle in Seeking Coverage for Coronavirus Losses
  Insights for Insurers
  March 9, 2020
• The Latest Decision in the Global Re Case
  Insights for Insurers
  March 6, 2020
• Computer Fraud and Funds Transfer Fraud Coverages Not Triggered by Social Engineering Phishing Scam
  Insights for Insurers
  March 2, 2020
• Coverage for Phishing Loss Precluded by Voluntary Parting Exclusion; Forgery Coverage Not Triggered
  Insights for Insurers
  February 26, 2020
• Court Rejects Coverage for Phishing Loss Under Financial Institutions Bond, Calls for More Briefing on Computer Systems Fraud Coverage Issue
  Insights for Insurers
  February 17, 2020
• Insurers Take Steps to Reduce Silent Cyber Exposure
  Insights for Insurers
  February 10, 2020
• Commonsense Prevails; Intentional Attack is not an Insured Accident
  Insights for Insurers
  February 7, 2020
• Confirming a "But-For" Test, Federal Court Rejects "Semantic" Attempt to Narrow Liability Policy's TCPA Exclusion
  Insights for Insurers
  January 31, 2020
• Policyholders Face Substantial Challenges in Obtaining Coverage for Cyber Claims Under First-Party Property Policies
  Insights for Insurers
  January 29, 2020
• New York's High Court Delivers a Blow to the Bellefonte Cap
  Hinshaw Alert
  December 15, 2017