R Thomas Dunn and Sheya Rivard | Pierce Atwood While lawyers often advise owner and contractor clients to obtain the additional insured endorsements, the certificate of insurance (COI) remains the most common form of proof provided on many construction projects. But the COI does not contain the language of the additional insured coverage, and it… Continue reading Avoid Litigation in Multiple Forums – Check the Additional Insured Endorsement
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Will The Additional Insured Endorsement Actually Cover The Claim?
Kenneth Gorenberg | Barnes & Thornburg LLP | April 25, 2019 Imagine this scenario. Your company hires a contractor to do some repair or renovation work. The contract requires the contractor to have commercial general liability insurance and make your company an additional insured under that policy. The contractor does so. Someone is injured on… Continue reading Will The Additional Insured Endorsement Actually Cover The Claim?
California Appellate Court Reinstates Construction Defect Claim, Recognizing Potential Coverage for “Ongoing Operations” Under Additional Insured Endorsement
Sergio F. Oehninger and Geoffrey B. Fehling | Hunton & Williams LLP | November 28, 2017 Earlier this month, a California court reinstated a general contractor’s construction defect coverage claim under its subcontractors’ additional insured endorsements, reversing summary judgment and holding that the fact that homeowners did not own their homes at the time the… Continue reading California Appellate Court Reinstates Construction Defect Claim, Recognizing Potential Coverage for “Ongoing Operations” Under Additional Insured Endorsement
California Court Confirms Broad Coverage Under “Ongoing Operations” Endorsements
Kevin C. Brantley | Payne & Fears | November 15, 2017 A California Court of Appeal has confirmed that additional insured endorsements (“AIE”) granting coverage for liability arising out of a named insured’s “ongoing operations,” and in effect during those “ongoing operations,” do not require that the liability arise while the named insured is performing… Continue reading California Court Confirms Broad Coverage Under “Ongoing Operations” Endorsements