Insurance

A California appellate court held that an insurance company had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured, a furniture stripping business, in underlying suits against it stemming from the release…

The First Circuit held that under Massachusetts law, an insurance company has no contractual obligation to defend or indemnify an individual in an environmental liability suit brought against him…

A magistrate judge denied an insurer's motion for summary judgment in a case seeking coverage for damages sustained to a building during the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade…

The Ninth Circuit held that an insurance company had no duty to pay for the difference between the sale price received for polluted properties and the fair market value of the land had it been…

The court holds that sums agreed to be paid as a settlement of litigation are not subject to indemnification as "damages" under excess liability insurance policies. The case arose after…

A district court held that an insurance company has a duty to defend, but not indemnify, a plumber and his employer in an underlying action concerning damages suffered by an individual who inhaled…

A district court held that certain consulting costs an oil company incurred in mitigating and remediating a methyl tertiary butyl ether spill in Fort Montgomery, New York, do not qualify as…

A district court held that an insurance company has no duty to defend or indemnify a metal scrap company for any liability it incurs in connection with the Omaha Lead Superfund site. The insurance…

A Georgia appellate court held that a trial court erred in holding that an individual's claim of carbon (CO) monoxide poisoning against her landlord was not excluded from coverage under the…

The court held that a home heating oil spill that occurred during a company's installation of a furnace at a client's home is excluded from coverage under the company's commercial…