Hannah Smith JD

January 20, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

On January 18th, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy enacted an insurance bad faith statute for auto insurers.

By Hannah Smith JD

3 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Industry opposes a new Bill on Governor Murphy's desk, warning that it weaponizes a prior law in an unintended manner, and will potentially increase car insurance premiums drastically for New Jersey residents.

By Hannah Smith JD

3 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has affirmed a lower court's decision in finding that a commercial crime insurer in an insured's suit…

By Hannah Smith JD

3 minute read

January 14, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Defense attorneys are careful about letting an injured plaintiff gain sympathy points by demonstrating his or her disability before a jury, but are juries really influenced by these displays?

By Carol Scott, Sr. Editor VerdictSearch

2 minute read

January 13, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Gov. Hochul has signed an Act into law, imposing sweeping new disclosure requirements for defense counsel and insurers alike in New York.

By Hannah Smith JD

2 minute read

January 11, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The circuit court's opinion stated that Vitamin Energy carried its burden to show that it was entitled to a defense, noting that Pennsylvania law imposes a "broad duty" on insurers to defend lawsuits brought against their insured.

By Timothy P. Law

7 minute read

January 11, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The company required moderators to view hours and hours of extreme and graphic violence in order to protect the TikTok platform and community.

By Hannah Smith JD

3 minute read

January 10, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

In uncertain times, and with employers facing liability from novel circumstances, EPLI coverage affords a policyholder the ability to offload much of this newly developing risk.

By Daniel J. Healy and John M. Leonard

7 minute read

January 10, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that a waiver signed by an insured did not waive the right to aggregate or "stack" the limits of coverage for underinsured benefits between two separate policies of insurance.

By Hannah Smith JD

5 minute read

January 05, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

ICLC's question-and-answer with Am Law 50 firm Debevoise & Plimpton's Eric Dinallo, Chair of the firm's Insurance Regulatory practice.

By Hannah Smith JD

7 minute read