Tag archives: Contribution

Contribution between insurers (US)

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on August 12, 2019 Posted in Insurance

When Empire Insurance Company paid the claim for losses sustained by a car hire company when the hirer crashed their Lamborghini, it sought to recover its outlay from Allstate Insurance who insured the driver who was responsible for damage to the vehicle under the rental contract. The court held that Allstate was not entitled to … Continue reading

A rare contribution case, and the pollution exclusion (US)

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on July 30, 2019 Posted in Insurance

After the Zurich American Insurance Co (ZAIC) in Missouri, USA paid out a claim on wrongful death from asbestos exposure, it sought a contribution from Insurance Company of North America (INA). The claim for contribution failed because the INA policy had a pollution exclusion but the principles of contribution between insurers were discussed. The facts … Continue reading

A US double insurance contribution case

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on August 29, 2016 Posted in Insurance

A Los Angeles appeal court ordered two excess insurers to contribute pro rata to a $4 million settlement of a lawsuit by a building inspector who was paralysed after falling from a ladder at a construction site. Westchester Insurance Co was the excess insurer of the general contractor and Hudson Specialty Insurance Co was excess insurer … Continue reading

Insurers contribute equally to $20 million Goldman HQ event

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on May 11, 2015 Posted in Insurance

A New York judge ordered insurers to contribute equally to damages claims by two parties who were injured at the construction site of the new Goldman Sachs’s headquarters. Settlement was $20 million of which the primary insurer paid $1 million. The remaining insurers had policies that provided essentially the same level of cover. They were therefore ordered … Continue reading