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New York Law Journal

Assessments to Fund State Agency Are Ruled Legal

The Appellate Division, Third Department, ruled Oct. 27 that the State Financial Services Law Section 206 provides proper authorization to assess insurers to help defray the cost of regulating them in New York state.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Is Cyberinsurance Really Worth It? Using ADR to Resolve Cyberattack Disputes

While cyberinsurance offers tremendous benefits to those who seek to mitigate their risks, due to its relative youth as an industry, there are many cases where cyber claims will be disputed.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Barba v. Allianz Global Risks US Ins. Co.

By | October 28, 2016
Policy's 'Owned Aircraft' Exclusion Bars Claims Against Owners of Helicopter Over 2012 Crash
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

DeKalb Judge Tosses $5M Excess Judgment Case Over Unclear Holt Demand

A DeKalb County judge has tossed out a case in which the plaintiff was seeking to collect a more than $5.3 million excess judgment verdict from an insurer whose client caused a wreck resulting in multiple claims for a limited pool of coverage.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Gen Re GC Forms New Insurance Boutique

Damon Vocke, a former president and general counsel at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reinsurance subsidiary General Re Corp., said Wednesday that he would form his own boutique. Four other lawyers are joining Vocke as partners at his new firm, which will have offices in three cities.
30 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former CFO Calls Greenberg's Plan to Convert AIG Losses a 'Waste of Time'

Howard Smith testified he and Greenberg investigated how to convert losses in a manner that met accounting and legal rules.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Matthew's Message: Maximize Insurance Recoveries After a Major Weather Event

A properly planned, implemented and maintained insurance program is the very best way for a business to shield itself from the devastating financial impact of a severe weather event. Yet, a surprising number of in house lawyers and top executives fail to give insurance the attention it deserves.
14 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Arbitrability Must Be First Inquiry, Third Circuit Rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reversed a district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a contract dispute between an insurance company and a trash hauler.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Bermuda Form: Declaring an Integrated Occurrence (or Not)

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.
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

Insurance Law

By | October 24, 2016
In this Special Report from the New York Law Journal: "Insurer's Claim File in the Crossfire of Discovery," "Theft and Severe Weather: a Storm for Marine Cargo Insurance," "Coverage Counsel and Personal Injury Lawyers: Perhaps Not Such Strange Bedfellows," "'Keyspan', 'Viking Pump' Throw N.Y. Allocation Law Into State of Confusion" and "The Bermuda Form: Declaring an Integrated Occurrence (or Not)."
15 minute read

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