Insurers urged a Colorado state judge to toss a flour processor's claims over coverage for equipment destroyed in a Texas mill explosion, saying a roughly $6 million coverage fight does not support bad faith c... (more story)

An Illinois federal judge handed a complete win to an insurer on its counterclaim that an electronic cigarette product wholesaler isn't owed nearly $5 million in coverage for a warehouse fire because it misrep... (more story)

Property and casualty insurance profitability is seeing generational highs with mortgage insurance and certain Florida homeowners carriers seeing particular success, but a relatively benign risk environment co... (more story)

Insurance companies are using an increasing share of Floridians' homeowners premiums to pay for reinsurance meant to offset their liabilities following a major disaster, according to research from the Brookings Institution.

An insurer said it is entitled to recoup costs paid in connection with a Washington policyholder's house fire because the blaze was caused by a defective electric range manufactured by Samsung, according to a ... (more story)

Insurers needn't defend a telecom company accused of funding terrorist attacks, a behavioral health organization isn't entitled to coverage for a wrongful death settlement, and a reality television exclusion b... (more story)

More than three years after announcing it would no longer sell new homeowners insurance policies in California, State Farm has filed plans to begin writing new policies for Golden State homeowners who have mad... (more story)

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially reinstated Washington state property owners' suit accusing an insurer of bad faith by refusing to defend them and representing their opposing neighbors in an ... (more story)

The owner of a power plant in Dover Plains, New York, voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit accusing Factory Mutual Insurance Co. of wrongfully withholding more than $14 million in coverage for revenue losses stem... (more story)

An AIG unit cannot recoup $1.8 million from a dock builder and electrical subcontractor in connection with payments it made to a Florida policyholder whose yacht caught fire while plugged into a recently const... (more story)

A Florida state appellate court on Friday issued a split opinion upholding a $1.19 million noneconomic damages verdict for a woman injured by an uninsured motorist, but reversed a $230,000 award for future med... (more story)

An insurer says a third-party claims administrator owes $3.7 million for an underlying personal injury settlement after the administrator allegedly failed to tender a settlement offer in time that would have b... (more story)

An Illinois federal judge said a Hartford unit must defend tax lien purchasing companies from class actions alleging the companies profited from an unconstitutional tax sale process, rejecting the insurer's ar... (more story)

A Nationwide unit cannot rely on a communicable disease exclusion to avoid covering a meat producer in underlying actions over alleged exposure to listeria-contaminated food, an Oregon federal court ruled, say... (more story)

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to declare that an insurer must indemnify a trucking company in a settlement over a fatal crash, saying additional information is needed to resolve questions abou... (more story)

Three Nationwide units said they owe no coverage to a footwear company accused of violating Washington state law by sending misleading email advertisements, telling a Washington federal court that coverage is ... (more story)

Chubb, Liberty Mutual and Lloyd's of London units and other insurers can't get off the hook for covering the remainder of third-party payor opioid lawsuits against Endo International, a representative for a tr... (more story)

Major lawsuits and arbitrations against data centers across the world have tripled since 2021, with disputes largely focused on zoning and environmental issues, according to a Tuesday report by global insurance group Howden.

The Fifth Circuit found that multiple insurers have no duty to defend Ericsson Inc. against claims the company funded foreign terrorist organizations, saying that the suit brought by two groups of American vic... (more story)

A split Fifth Circuit refused to entertain legal questions about whether "My 600-lb Life" counts as reality television in a dispute over coverage for underlying suits brought by the show's participants, saying... (more story)

Nationwide Insurance told a Michigan federal judge that it has no obligation to defend or cover the Oxford Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center and its staff after a 5-year-old boy died there during hyperbaric oxy... (more story)

An Illinois state court refused to toss an auto repair company's suit seeking to recover $4.9 million in coverage from its cyber insurer for a ransomware attack, saying the policy doesn't establish that the in... (more story)

An auto parts manufacturer urged a North Carolina federal court to reject an insurer's request to bifurcate an upcoming trial over claims the insurer improperly denied $50 million in coverage for COVID-19 pand... (more story)

A Wisconsin business process outsourcing company said in federal court that a Chubb unit breached its policy when the insurer refused to cover $5 million the call center paid to Adidas to resolve claims over d... (more story)

AIG can depose the former chief of the Civil Medicaid Fraud Division of the Texas Attorney General's Office as part of a trial to determine if the $236 million Medicaid settlement between the office and Condue... (more story)

A Virginia federal judge said Liberty Mutual does not have to cover most of an electrical subcontractor's losses from years of delays on a Marine Corps Base school project, finding a clause barring damages for... (more story)

California lawmakers approved significant insurance bills in recent weeks, including legislation designed to establish standards for insurers handling smoke damage claims, increase claims handling transparency... (more story)

An AIG unit doesn’t owe $25 million for an oil and gas well explosion, a personal protective equipment manufacturer isn’t entitled to coverage for forever-chemical exposure claims, an insurer must cover four N... (more story)

An insurer told an Alabama federal court it has no duty to defend or indemnify a tractor-trailer driver against several lawsuits alleging he was drunk while driving his wife's tractor when he crashed into mult... (more story)

States worried about rising liability costs and the commercialization of their courts should treat North Carolina's recently enacted litigation funding ban as a model because a prohibition adequately addresses... (more story)