In 2013 the Washington Supreme Court found that an insurance company’s claim file was presumptively not privileged in disputes between...
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Some insurance policies do not specifically define the term “disparagement” in the policy. When the term “disparagement” is not defined,...
The Nebraska Supreme Court in Barnes v. American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin, 297 Neb. 331, 900 N.W.2d 22 (2017)...
The Kentucky Supreme Court recently found that an insurance company’s homeowners’ policy did not cover termite damage that did not...
Where insurance policies require written consent from the insurer to enter into any settlement agreement, it is important to remember...
Under Minn. Stat. §604.18, insureds are entitled to recover taxable costs when an insurance company unreasonably denies insurance benefits. The...
In One Beacon America Insurance Co. v. Celanese Corp., 94 Mass. App. Ct. 382, 84 N.E.3d 867 (Mass. App. 2017),...
In the past, Rhode Island courts have upheld insurance policy provisions that require insureds to commence legal action against the...
The question of whether carbon monoxide constitutes a pollutant for purposes of a standard policy pollution exclusion has been mixed...
Under Oregon statute O.R.S. §742.056, an insurance company’s investigation of a loss or claim under the policy does not estop...