Expert Analysis

Recent Actions Signal Increased NYDFS Health Cyber Focus

The New York Department of Financial Services' recent $2.25 million settlement with Delta Dental indicates that it... (more story)

'Operation Hard Money' Marks New Phase In Synthetic ID Fraud

A recent California mortgage fraud case dubbed "Operation Hard Money" shows synthetic identities are increasingly ... (more story)

6th Circ. Ruling Highlights Split On Labor Cost Depreciation

The Sixth Circuit's recent decision in Schoening Investment v. Cincinnati Casualty throws into relief the fine lin... (more story)

Property More

Ill. Couple Can't Get Extra Coverage For Crash, 7th Circ. Says

An Illinois couple cannot receive additional payments for medical expenses and uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage beyond the $1.1 million they already received for a car crash, the Seventh Circuit rul... (more story)

Samsung Must Face Insurer's $653K Electric Range Fire Suit

Samsung Electronics can't escape a Nationwide unit's suit seeking to recoup the more than $653,000 it said it paid after its policyholders' home was damaged in a fire caused by a defective electric range, a No... (more story)

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

An insurance broker will get a second chance at claims against a rival company. A Liberty Mutual unit was wrongfully denied coverage for an Ohio fire. And a CNA Financial unit does not owe coverage for a jewel... (more story)

Consumer Advocate Talks Pending Ill. Insurance Changes

Abe Scarr, state director for nonprofit public interest group Illinois PIRG, spoke to Law360 about what two advancing bills will do for property and casualty policyholders in Illinois.

Golf Club Ends Hurricane Coverage Fight With Allianz Unit

A multimillion-dollar insurance coverage brawl between an Allianz unit and a private golf club in which the club said it was unfairly denied coverage for damages caused by Hurricane Helene has settled ahead of... (more story)

Insurer Fights Coverage Bid For Postfire Rental Income Loss

An insurer and a Minnesota apartment complex owner each urged a federal judge to decide a business interruption coverage dispute in their favor over lost rental income from vacated units in the wake of a fire ... (more story)

Travelers Can't Halt Water Damage Fight, Senior Home Says

The owner of a senior living community in Kansas urged a Colorado federal court to keep its coverage suit over $7 million in water damage moving along while contemplating a Travelers unit's request to toss Col... (more story)

Chinese Bank Hit With Suit Claiming Reinsurance Fraud

A company and its insurer have accused China Construction Bank Corp. of issuing fraudulent letters of credit valued at nearly $10 million, claiming in Illinois federal court that the country's largest bank has... (more story)

Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Googl... (more story)

Attys Hijacked 1,000 Storm Cases In 'Shakedown,' Suit Says

Two Louisiana law firms and a group of politically connected attorneys engaged in a "shakedown" to steal about 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, alle... (more story)

General Liability More

Insurance Brokers Sold 'Worthless' Policies, Ill. Suit Says

A proposed class action filed in Illinois state court alleges that insurance brokers orchestrated a scheme to sell sham policies that were touted as providing broad liability coverage, but in truth had such un... (more story)

Property Owner's Insurer Must Defend Manager In Assault

The insurer for a Washington, D.C., property owner must defend a property management company against an underlying suit claiming that its employee sexually assaulted a tenant, a Maryland federal court ruled Th... (more story)

$40M Ballet Abuse Suits Not Covered, Insurer Tells Va. Court

The Cincinnati Insurance Co. urged a Virginia federal court to declare that policy terms mean it has no duty to cover a Richmond ballet organization in underlying litigation seeking more than $40 million in da... (more story)

Calif. City Says Insurer Lowballed Historic Ballpark Fire Claim

A California city said an insurer significantly undervalued the estimated costs required to clear debris and replace facilities on a historic baseball field featured in films, including "A League of Their Own,... (more story)

Ex-Federal Prosecutor Picked As NJ Insurance Fraud Chief

A former federal prosecutor who led the healthcare and government fraud units of the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office will now helm the state attorney general's insurance fraud investigations.

Insurers Will Pay Bulk Of $10M Wrongful Conviction Deal

A North Carolina man who claimed through a guardian that he was coerced as a teen into falsely confessing to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl has agreed to a $10 million deal with the state and count... (more story)

Tanger Says NC Justices Can't Review COVID Coverage Fight

Tanger Outlets urged the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss its insurers' appeal of a decision allowing the retail outlet chain's suit seeking more than $50 million in pandemic-related coverage to proceed, s... (more story)

11th Circ. Can't Hear Sex Trafficking Coverage Dispute

The Eleventh Circuit said it does not have jurisdiction to hear an insurer's appeal of a Georgia federal court decision tossing its claim that the company has no duty to defend an Atlanta-area hotel against a ... (more story)

Insurer Can't Nix Counterclaims In $1.8M Judgment Dispute

A North Carolina federal judge found that a life sciences company's insurer can't avoid counterclaims brought by a former patent holder asserting that the carrier must cover a $1.77 million judgment entered ag... (more story)

No Coverage Owed In Arcade's Trademark Suit, Judge Says

An Indiana federal judge has determined that an insurer owes no coverage to an arcade in a lawsuit alleging that its name and logo infringed the trademarks of another business because the policy excluded trade... (more story)

Specialty Lines More

Reed Smith Insurance Atty Talks Data Center Coverage Gaps

The data center construction boom is making the risks insurance coverage gaps more acute. David Weiss of Reed Smith LLP talks about the benefits of special policies and other considerations for owners and other players.

Insurer's $1M Settlement Breached Consulting Firm's Policy

A professional liability insurer breached its contract with an Illinois-based consulting firm when it exhausted policy limits by settling a suit against the firm's employee without the firm's consent, a federa... (more story)

Class Wants OK On $8.8M State Farm 'Diminished Value' Deal

More than 15,000 motorists asked a Washington federal judge Tuesday to give the initial approval to an $8.8 million deal to resolve a proposed class action alleging State Farm failed to adequately pay for the ... (more story)

Wage Disclosure Suit Doesn't Trigger Coverage, Judge Says

A federal judge has sided with a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. unit in a coverage dispute over a Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act class action, finding that an alleged failure to disclose salary ranges ... (more story)

Insurer Says It Need Not Defend Auto Dealers In Ill. BIPA Suit

A group of Illinois car dealerships are not eligible for insurance coverage in connection with a proposed class action alleging their use of an employee fingerprint scanner violated state privacy law, accordin... (more story)

Geico Settles Pa. Probe Into AI-Driven Policy Cancellations

Pennsylvania's attorney general announced Friday a deal with Geico aimed at strengthening consumer protections by preventing unfair or confusing auto policy cancellations due to the use of artificial intelligence.

Survey Finds Legal Malpractice Claim Frequency Grew In 2025

Insurers reported an increase in the frequency of legal malpractice claims for the first time in several years amid concerns over issues like the uncontrolled use of artificial intelligence, according to this ... (more story)

Marsh Logistics Leader Talks Supreme Court's Freight Ruling

Janelle Griffith, global logistics practice leader at Marsh Risk, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on freight brokers' liability, litigation costs and premiums for smaller brokers.

Insurance Litigation Week In Review

A Munich Re insurer can't refile a boat fire coverage case after previous dismissals. Albertsons isn't entitled to coverage for more than 100 opioid suits. And a Hanover unit isn't responsible for an owner's g... (more story)

AIG Unit Doesn't Owe $2.5M For Pollution Defense Costs

An AIG unit needn't cover $2.5 million in defense costs from pollution suits against investors in an oil refinery and storage terminal in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a Delaware state court ruled, saying the insur... (more story)