Risk managers, in-house counsel, outside corporate or litigation counsel all have at least one thing in common when it comes to insurance - each should have knowledge of certain critical aspects of ...

Construction contractors typically secure commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies and assume that these policies address all of their risks. However, these CGL policies may not always ...

Bobby L. Hickman is a longtime business and financial journalist who brings decades of experience in insurance and financial services to his editor role at Investopedia. He has worked with insurance ...

"These theories ... are commonly characterized as the exposure, manifestation, injury-in-fact, and continuous trigger theories," writes Akerman's Xakema Henderson. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl ...

You, a general contractor, receive a notice of claim on a building you finished years ago. The Owners allege: (1) damage to the underground pipes due to the settlement of the foundation/backfill; and ...

In what perhaps is truly a “sign of the times,” the Fifth Circuit recently analyzed whether a Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) policy covered drag racing events. See Kinsale Insurance Company v.

“If insureds do not fully understand [the scope of Coverage B] and fail to push back after receiving a denial, they are potentially forfeiting millions of dollars in defense coverage they purchased.” ...

A careful search for insurance coverage should be at or near the top of the checklist of any business that receives a claim brought by a state or federal governmental entity, or private party, ...