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• [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
• 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
• Amendments Proposed to New York's Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act
  Insights for Insurers
  January 21, 2022
• New York Imposes Sweeping New Insurance Disclosure Requirements on Defense Counsel and Insurers
  Insights for Insurers
  January 12, 2022 | Updated January 21, 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
• 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
• Excess D&O Policy Not Triggered by Vizio's Smart TV Litigation Claim
  Insights for Insurers
  May 7, 2021
• Seventh Circuit Affirms "Information Laws" Exclusion Precludes Coverage for TCPA and Related Common Law Claims
  Insights for Insurers
  April 23, 2021
• Hacked Tech Company Not Entitled to Cyber Coverage for Debt Payment Wired by Client to Hackers' Bank Account
  Insights for Insurers
  April 14, 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
• New NYS DFS Cyber Insurance Risk Framework Warns Against Ransom Payments, Includes Notice to Law Enforcement Policy Requirement
  Insights for Insurers
  February 8, 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
• Is New York's New Consumer Privacy Bill a Bridge Too Far?
  Hinshaw Alert
  November 2, 2020
• Where We Stand: The Latest Snapshot of COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Litigation
  Insights for Insurers
  October 21, 2020
• Another Early Win for Insurers in the Business Interruption Coverage Battles
  Insights for Insurers
  July 14, 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
• Beyond Data Breach: Evaluating Coverage for Misuse of Information Claims
  Insights for Insurers
  July 6, 2020
• Capital One Loses Bid to Shield Post-Breach Report from Consumer Plaintiffs
  Insights for Insurers
  June 29, 2020
• No Protection for Vendor's Forensic Report in Post-Breach Litigation?
  Insights for Insurers
  June 16, 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
• Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order Creating Rebuttable Presumption of Workers' Compensation Compensability for COVID-19 Work-Place Related Illnesses
  Insights for Insurers
  May 8, 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
• Wisconsin and Minnesota Businesses Seek Coverage for COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses in State and Federal Class Actions
  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
• California Orders Premium Refunds on Policies Exposed to Reduced Risk of Loss Due to COVID-19 Pandemic and Calls for Coverage Extension for Uninsured Delivery Drivers for California Essential Businesses
  Insights for Insurers
  April 13, 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
• 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
• What's Keeping Corporate Directors & Officers Up at Night: Accelerating Privacy Regulation
  Hinshaw Alert
  January 28, 2020
• New York's High Court Delivers a Blow to the Bellefonte Cap
  Hinshaw Alert
  December 15, 2017
• Best Practices – Annual Cyber Insurance Reviews
  Insurance Coverage Alert
  April 28, 2015
• Insurer had no duty to defend based on the "expected or intended" injury exclusion
  Insurance Coverage Alert
  June 3, 2014
• Insurance Agent's Misrepresentations at Time of Sale Binds Insurer Notwithstanding Contrary Policy Exclusion
  Insights for Insurers
  October 3, 2012
• California Supreme Court Makes Bad Faith Settlements a Bigger Challenge for Insurers
  Insights for Insurers
  October 2, 2012
• Federal Court Holds That Intentional Acts Exclusion Does Not Vitiate a Defense Obligation Under New York Law Where Intent is Not an Element of the Claim
  Insights for Insurers
  October 1, 2012
• The California Supreme Court Upholds Continuous Trigger for Indemnity Claims and Extends the "All Sums" and "Stacking" Approach Where Continuous Property Damage Occurs During Periods of Several Successive Policies
  Insights for Insurers
  September 4, 2012
• Damages Sought Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Are Uninsurable as Punitive Damages Under Illinois Law
  Insights for Insurers
  July 23, 2012
• Court Correctly Applied Subjective Test to Determine Whether Coverage Was Barred as Nonaccidental
  Insights for Insurers
  July 5, 2012
• Insured Not Prohibited From Having a Public Adjuster Present During Examination Under Oath
  Insights for Insurers
  June 20, 2012