Blank Rome partner Jim Murray likes to compare the nature of coverage in the firm's highest-profile 2016 cases to Lloyd's of London insuring Betty Grable's legs for $1 million.

They all involved big money, attention-grabbing headlines and most notably, emerging lines of coverage.

“Insurer underwriters are constantly looking for new liabilities or risks to insure and collect premiums on,” said Murray, chair of Blank Rome's policyholder-only insurance coverage practice group in the D.C. office.