Jared Zola

June 06, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A discussion of the basic 411 on what types of events commercial insurance may cover and how to go about productively pursuing an insurance recovery when disaster strikes—even if your insurance company says "no."

By Jared Zola

7 minute read

February 10, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Corporations may prefer to pay these costs rather than face a rock-hard D&O insurance market and the seemingly "deny first and ask questions later" attitude of many claims handlers nowadays, or go through the hassle of creating a trust or other alternative arrangement for indemnification.

By Jared Zola

4 minute read

October 28, 2016 | FC&S Insurance

Many Fortune 500 companies’ product liability insurance programs use the Bermuda Form to insure alleged bodily injury and property damage. The Bermuda…

By Jared Zola and Lisa M. Campisi

9 minute read

October 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Jared Zola and Lisa M. Campisi of Blank Rome write: The decision to declare an integrated occurrence is frequently not without risk. Policyholders must therefore be attentive to not only policy language and claims analysis, but also case specific risk-based subjective inquiry and business judgment.

By Jared Zola and Lisa M. Campisi

16 minute read

April 21, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Insurance issues are a critical aspect of any corporate transaction and should be addressed early in the deal process to help analyze the potential risk and avoid future economic surprises.

By Jared Zola

13 minute read

January 29, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

Following the severe impacts of the "polar vortex," planning a major event like Super Bowl XLVIII brings with it economic risks in the form of event cancellation and/or postponement.

By Jared Zola and Shaun Crosner

12 minute read

October 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Jared Zola and Shaun Crosner of Dickstein Shapiro discuss the lines of insurance available to hedge against the risks of event cancellation and postponement and, to maximize the value of their policies, insureds should familiarize themselves with all applicable policy terms and conditions - both when purchasing their policies and when making a claim for coverage in connection with a canceled or postponed sporting event.

By Jared Zola and Shaun Crosner

11 minute read

September 20, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Jared Zola, a partner at Dickstein Shapiro, and Andrew N. Bourne, an associate with the firm, write that a D&O insurer may contend that a mere subpoena received from a governmental entity does not constitute a "claim" within the meaning of a D&O policy. However, the policy language is quite varied from insurer to insurer and insured to insured.

By Jared Zola and Andrew N. Bourne

10 minute read

July 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Jeffrey L. Schulman and Jared Zola, partners at Dickstein Shapiro, review a recent decision where the Court of Appeals held that it need not determine whether cited policy exclusions negated an insurer's duty to indemnify the underlying legal malpractice judgment, because "by breaching its duty to defend, [the insurer] lost its right to rely on these exclusions in litigation over its indemnity obligation."

By Jeffrey L. Schulman and Jared Zola

9 minute read

December 30, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Dickstein Shapiro's Jared Zola, Jeffrey L. Schulman and Andrew N. Bourne review a Southern District case arising out of a tragic crane collapse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in May 2008 that reaffirmed that, absent a showing by the insurer that a construction loss is attributable to the insured builder's negligent work, a "faulty workmanship exclusion" will not bar coverage.

By Jared Zola, Jeffrey L. Schulman and Andrew N. Bourne

6 minute read