Analysis

For adjusters working in claims stemming from a wide-area damage event, here are the questions that need to be asked early in the fact-finding stage.

Lawsuits alleging that COVID-19 caused economic and physical harm did not reach the stratospheric proportions once predicted.

Here are a few potential coverage issues that could arise under CGL policies that are called upon to respond to pandemic-related lawsuits.

Expect an emergence of new private/public partnerships as a result of the coverage shortfalls revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

DUIs were at more than two times the ratio of total violations compared with 2019, and major speeding incidents were also up, according to LexisNexis.

In this case, State Farm argued that an auger is a mechanical device that is excluded under the insured's auto policy.