Zillow's Climate Score Removal Sparks Insurance Concerns
Zillow's recent decision to reduce the visibility of a climate-risk feature attached to its real estate listings highlights a need to provide consumers with more information on a key driver of insurance costs, given differences in climate-risk modeling practices.
'Public Policy' Exclusion Raises Red Flags For Insured Attys
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a coverage dispute over claims that a Philadelphia hotel ignored sex trafficking, drawing the attention of policyholder attorneys who believe the hotel's insurers asked the court to step beyond the bounds of insurance contracts by applying an implicit "public policy" exclusion.
Feds' Cyber Pullback Offers Little Relief To Insurance Pros
The federal government's retreat from regulations and enforcement actions around data breach and cybersecurity disclosures offers little relief to insurance experts, who see the exposure to cyber threats, potential liabilities and enforcement actions as only growing.
Zillow's Climate Score Removal Sparks Insurance Concerns
Zillow's recent decision to reduce the visibility of a climate-risk feature attached to its real estate listings highlights a need to provide consumers with more information on a key driver of insurance costs, given differences in climate-risk modeling practices.
'Public Policy' Exclusion Raises Red Flags For Insured Attys
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a coverage dispute over claims that a Philadelphia hotel ignored sex trafficking, drawing the attention of policyholder attorneys who believe the hotel's insurers asked the court to step beyond the bounds of insurance contracts by applying an implicit "public policy" exclusion.
Feds' Cyber Pullback Offers Little Relief To Insurance Pros
The federal government's retreat from regulations and enforcement actions around data breach and cybersecurity disclosures offers little relief to insurance experts, who see the exposure to cyber threats, potential liabilities and enforcement actions as only growing.
Expert Analysis
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Property More
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General Liability More
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A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday granted class certification to a group of auto drivers alleging that a Liberty Mutual subsidiary prematurely terminated car rental coverage, but denied the group's requ... (more story)
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Specialty Lines More
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A Texas bankruptcy judge has found that a directors and officers liability insurer was wrong to refuse a reasonable $4.65 million settlement demand from the trustee overseeing the wind-down of former cryptocur... (more story)
A British insurance company wrongfully denied excess directors and officers coverage for underlying securities fraud litigation, AmTrust says in a suit filed in New York federal court Monday, saying the insure... (more story)
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