Adriana Perez and Cary D. Steklof | Hunton Andrews Kurth It is common knowledge in the insurance industry that an insurer’s duty to defend is broad. Recently, a U.S. District Court reminded us just how broad that duty is when it held that a complaint with only two scarce factual allegations triggered an insurer’s duty… Continue reading The Broader The Better – How Broad Is the Duty To Defend?
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Federal Court Holds that Demolition Exclusion Does Not Apply and Carrier Has Duty to Defend Additional Insureds
Craig Rokuson | Traub Liberman In the recent case of Travelers Indem. Co. v. Trisura Specialty Ins. Co., 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101953 (S.D.N.Y. June 7, 2024), the court had occasion to consider the classic additional insured fact pattern of a construction accident. Travelers insured the general contractor and provided a defense to the general contractor… Continue reading Federal Court Holds that Demolition Exclusion Does Not Apply and Carrier Has Duty to Defend Additional Insureds
Additional Insured Not Entitled to Coverage for Named Insured’s Defective Work
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit determined there was no duty to defend or to indemnify the additional insured for the named insured’s defective work. St. Paul Guardian Ins. Co., et al. v. Walsh Construction Co., 99 F. 4th 1035 (7th Cir. 2024). … Continue reading Additional Insured Not Entitled to Coverage for Named Insured’s Defective Work
Incorrect Information Provided on Insurance Application Defeats Claim for Coverage
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding of no duty to defend or indemnify because of an answer on the insured’s application for insurance. Snell v. United Specialty Ins. Co., 2024 U.S. App. 12733 (11th Cir. May 28, 2024). Snell was hired by a family,… Continue reading Incorrect Information Provided on Insurance Application Defeats Claim for Coverage
Federal Court Reiterates Broad Duty to Defend in Additional Insured Cases
Craig Rokuson | Traub Lieberman In the recent case of Travelers Indem. Co. of Am. v. Accredited Sur. & Cas. Co., No. 21-CV-7189 (FB) (JRC), 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44634 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 13, 2024), the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York had occasion to consider an additional insured tender on behalf of… Continue reading Federal Court Reiterates Broad Duty to Defend in Additional Insured Cases