Articles and Presentations

Articles

• Alliant Can't Ax $26M Sandy Damage Verdict At 2nd Circ.
• Judge Rules Insurer's Failure To Pay Initial Repair Costs, Estops Its Defense On Replacement Value Claim; Jury Rejects Arson Allegation In $1.22 M Award---November 12, 2003
• Jury Awards $1.2 M In Water Damage Claim; Finds Insurer Acted In Bad Faith---November 12, 2003
• Jury Awards Over $1 Million On Finding "Bad Faith" by Insurer In Handling Of Residential Fire Claim---May 16, 1998
• Extra Damage Award Allowed For Insurer's Delay---May 1998
• N.Y. Appellate Court Rules City Order to Vacate Fire-Damaged Building Not a Cause of A Business Interruption Loss---May 1998
• Insurer's Effort to Deny Coverage is Rebuffed---April 1998
• Arson Trial Clears Owner---March 23, 1996
• Conn. Jury Rejects Misrepresentation, Arson Defenses---May 1996
• Suit Over Guaranteed Replacement Cost Policies Concludes; Total Settlements Reach $8.5 Million---August 1995
• Federal Appeals Court Rules Claim Repudiation by Insurer Waived Required Proof of Loss Submission---March 1995
• Insurer Held to Bear Burden in Challenge of Proofs of Loss; Ambiguity is Cited---June 1993
• N.Y. Court of Appeals Overrules 1901 Doctrine: Decision Holds Proofs of Loss in Mail Before 60-Day Deadline Meets Test of 'Furnish(ed)'---April 1993
• Status of "Valued Policy" Upheld By Court Despite Failure To Sum Up Items---June 20, 1992
• Chubb Agrees to $1 Million Settlement on Fire Loss After Six days of Trial---August 1990
• Insurer Pays $1.2 Million For Jewelers Block Burglary Loss Before Trial Ends---December 9, 1989
• Insurer Settles Building Fire Loss at Full Value; Had Raised Legal Issues---April 1989
• Ambiguity in Full Value Fire Policy Endorsement Offsets Listed Limit of Liability
• Despite Admitted Falsehood During Arson Probe, Jury Rejects Insurer's 'Material Misrepresentation' Defense
• Insurer Fails to Prove Fraud in Burglary Claim; Judge Decides Interest Assessment From Day One
• Jury Awards Over $1 Million On Finding 'Bad Faith' by Insurer in Handling of Residential Fire Claim
• N.Y. Appellate Court Rules City Order to Vacate Fire-Damaged Building Not a Cause of A Business Interruption Loss
• Mealeys Insurance Law Weekly---Arson and Fraud

Presentations

• When War Is Not War
• The Innocent Co-Insured Doctrine
• Post-Loss Indemnity Issues: The Unstable Ground Of Loss Valuation
• Property Damage Claims, Business Interruption Claims And Presenting The Claim
• New Developments in Business Interruption Litigation