Liability Insurance Posts
ACCC 2023 Insurance Law Symposium
The American College of Coverage Counsel will host its 2023 Insurance Law Symposium, covering topics such as the influence of Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance on courts and state legislatures and the intersection of bankruptcy and insurance.
The 2023 Coverage College
On October 12, White and Williams will host its 17th Annual Coverage College, an event for insurance professionals to engage in the vast perspectives and knowledge in the insurance world.
Liability Insurance and Contractual Aspects of Settlement
This Article examines contractual aspects of settlement in the liability insurance context, concentrating on the elements of offer and acceptance. It also addresses insurers’ ability to reject settlement offers that are intended to facilitate later bad faith litigation without incurring extracontractual liability.
On the Duties of Good Faith and the Duty to Defend
These articles discuss cases on the topics of duty to defend and duties of good faith.
Landmark Montana Supreme Court Decision Series: The Duty to Defend
This article discusses the Montana Supreme Court’s consideration of an insurer’s duty to defend in National Indemnity Co. v. State, 499 P.3d 516 (Mont. 2021).
The Restatement of Liability Insurance in the Courts
It is gratifying to see that the Restatement of Liability Insurance is proving useful to judges because it has been one of the ALI’s more contentious projects. Approved by the ALI membership in 2018 and published a year later, the Restatement of Liability Insurance has now been cited in over 50 cases by state and federal courts.
Infected Judgment: Problematic Rush to Conventional Wisdom and Insurance Coverage Denial in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic created not only a public health crisis but also an insurance coverage imbroglio, prompting near-immediate business interruption claims by policyholders impacted by government restrictions ordered in response to the pandemic. Insurers and their representatives “presponded” to the looming coverage claims by quickly moving to denigrate arguments for coverage, engaging in a pre-emptive strike that has largely worked to date, inducing too many courts to rush to judgment by declaring—as a matter of law—that policy terms such as “direct physical loss or damage” do not even arguably encompass the business shutdowns resulting from COVID-19.
Hard Battles over Soft Law
ALI Restatements of the Law have traditionally exerted significant influence over court decisions and the development of the common law. During the past two decades, however, the ALI has seen an upsurge in interest group activity designed to shape or even thwart aspects of the Institute’s work.
Supreme Court of Georgia Cites Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance
On April 19, 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its opinion on the case in response to the Eleventh Circuit’s certifications. In its discussion of the background principles of law, the court cites Comment a of § 27, Remedies for Breach of the Duty to Make Reasonable Settlement Decisions, of Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance.
Insurer Wins Biggest ALI Liability Insurance Restatement Case To Date
While the ALI’s Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance got off to a slow-start for the first three years, playing a substantive role in just a handful of several dozen decisions citing to it, do these four recent decisions, over three weeks, foretell a new story?