Chinese Drywall and Corrosion I have seen two recent FC&S articles regarding Chinese Drywall. The first is entitled "Chinese Drywall: The…

Sports Participant Exclusion Does Not Violate Public Policy In Giacomelli v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 2009 WL 4611126 Mont., jockeys Giacomelli and Hamilton…

January 2010 Dec Page Question of the Month There are a number of items common to daily living that cause difficulty to insurers…

Assault by Taxi Driver Not Caused by “Use” of Insured Taxi In Morell v. Star Taxi, 2009 WL 2526158 [C.A.6 (Ky.)], taxi passenger Morell…

Bad Faith, Consumer Protection Claims Dismissed Where Insured Committed Fraud against Insurer In Ki Sin Kim v. Allstate Ins. Co., Inc., 2009…

Products and Completed Operations Hazard Defined We have been looking at the definition of products-completed operation hazard in the CGL form and we…

Fire or Smoke as Cause of Loss October 19, 2009 Our insured has a CP 00 10 04 02 and the special causes of loss form, CP 10 30 04 02.He is a doctor…

Prior Knowledge Exclusions in Excess Policies Bar Coverage of Legal Malpractice Claims In Executive Risk Indem. Inc. v. Pepper Hamilton LLP,…

Prior Publication Exclusion Bars Coverage in Trademark Infringement Action In Kim Seng Company v. Great American Insurance Co. of New York, 2009…

December 2009 Dec Page Question of the Month One of the ways to manage risk exposures is through the purchase of insurance. Yet, for various reasons,…