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1/5/2024 2:20:35 PM Red Sea attacks impose costs and delay on business By Jeb Clulow 8 of the world’s top 10 container carriers are diverting vessels around the Cape of Good Hope. This results in additional delay and...
11/17/2023 6:51:07 PM ESG - Insurance Coverage for Directors and Officers in ESG Disputes By Adrienne Kitchen Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) concerns are top of mind for directors and officers, and for good reason. Companies, and their...
6/6/2023 2:51:34 PM Tomorrow’s supply chain - Insurance Coverage for Supply Chain Disruptions Caused by Labor Issues By Adrienne Kitchen Labor shortages on the West Coast are causing supply chain disruptions and affected businesses may be seeking insurance coverage - the...
4/19/2023 3:00:18 PM Allianz Insurance Plc v University of Exeter – English Court finds that WWII bomb damage is excluded from insurance coverage By Mark Pring Katherine Varney Authors: Mark Pring, Katherine Varney and Lauren Wylie In this case, the claimant sought insurance cover for physical damage and related...
6/22/2022 1:11:26 PM The importance of aligning policy terms within insurance towers By Catherine Lewis A recent English Court of Appeal decision emphasises the importance of ensuring that what appear to be standard boilerplate provisions...
3/11/2022 3:12:51 PM Corbin & King v Axa – Many business interruption policyholders are offered a lifeline by the Court after being “denied access” to insurance funds By Mark Pring Katherine Varney "The decision of the Supreme Court has moved the goalposts” is what the Commercial Court judge, Mrs Justice Cockerill, stated when...
1/26/2022 11:19:24 AM The search for an “originating cause”: Guidance from the Court of Appeal on the interpretation of standard aggregation language in insurance policies By Catherine Lewis In a case concerning the performance by a surgeon of unnecessary medical procedures on his patients, the Court of Appeal has overturned...
11/10/2021 10:04:02 PM When the hackers hack the cyberinsurer: lessons learned. By Cristina Shea A ransomware attack shut down systems at the Chicago-based insurance giant, CNA, and exposed the personal information of thousands of...
7/11/2021 11:59:03 AM Was tragedy avoidable? How the Surfside condo collapse was able to happen By Jonathan Kurry Beth Rosenblatt On June 24, 2021, at around 1:15 a.m., the Champlain Towers South condominium partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida. Since this...
1/14/2021 10:32:49 AM Piracy increase - caution for owners By Voirrey Davies A rare attack off the coast of South America has highlighted the global risks from piracy now being faced by vessels. Although the...
1/5/2021 6:07:18 AM Is This the End for Insurers' Antitrust Immunity? By Rick Robinson My partners, William Sheridan and Gregory Vose, discuss the implications of the recently passed Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform...
3/19/2020 12:00:00 AM The Three C's: Coronavirus, Cannabis, and Coverage By Mike Sampson In a recent article in Forbes, "How The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Affect The Cannabis Industry," the author observes that "[c]annabis...
2/18/2020 12:43:02 AM New Jersey legislation offers hope to insurers covering cannabis as well as to policyholders By Mike Sampson With similar federal legislation stalled currently, New Jersey has stepped forward with its own proposal to protect insurance companies...
12/26/2019 3:56:30 PM Federal crop insurance coming for hemp By Mike Sampson One of the benefits of the 2018 Farm Bill was that federal crop insurance would become available for hemp. That benefit is finally...
12/19/2019 11:45:27 PM Be prepared for cannabis-related claims/losses By Mike Sampson Like any other business, a cannabis-related business should not wait until a claim or loss occurs to review and understand its insurance...
12/18/2019 6:34:11 PM Cannabis and theft: Are you covered? By Mike Sampson According to a recent article in MJBizDaily, "[m]ost cannabis insurance claims involve thefts." That raises an important question: Are...