This Australian judgment considered whether the insurer could correctly rely on a number of exclusions to a claim by its insured for cover under the liability section of the policy.
The policy used two composite formulations to connote the requisite relationship between the liability and the exclusion.
The first formulation excluded liability “arising from, or
The bump-up exclusion in a D&O policy excluded claims ‘alleging that the price paid … for the acquisition … of an entity is inadequate’. The insurers do not have to pay any amount due under a judgment or settlement representing the amount by which the price or consideration would be effectively increased. This is to
An American court has held that an insurer’s ‘premises pollution liability’ policy only covers environmental pollution and not the COVID-19 outbreak.
Because COVID-19 is a type of virus it does not constitute traditional environmental pollution. The court said that the policy only covers pollutants commonly thought of as environmental pollution.
The insured had argued that
The insured was sued for and settled a claim for $77.5 million under the California False Claims Act for overcharging California government entities under the terms of particular contracts despite their offer of low prices to the government. The insured sued the insurer for an indemnity for its loss. The court denied the claim on
A Texas federal judge ruled that the insurer did not have to defend a design and construction consultant against the employer’s liability claim for a defective oil well because cover was excluded for property damage to ‘that particular part of real property on which any contractor working directly or indirectly on your behalf are performing
A clear and unambiguous exclusion clause may be relied upon to avoid liability for damages arising from the negligent failure to fulfil a contractual duty. The wording of the exclusion clause must, however, specifically mention the extent to which liability is excluded. The courts generally interpret an exclusion clause as not covering negligent conduct if
If you haven’t already dusted off the business interruption, liability and event cancellation policies you have underwritten, or placed for an insured, and checked for coronavirus coverage, now is the time to do so.
Exposure and benefits of both business interruption coverage (covering the insureds losses from an abrupt shutdown) and contingent business interruption coverage
A Texas court held that the insurers did not have to pay the death claim for a teenager who died when he pulled the trigger of a revolver with the barrel in his mouth and one bullet in the cylinder killed him instantly, because it was excluded by the policy exclusion for death caused directly
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.
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A Californian court of appeals found that war exclusions which exclude coverage for expenses resulting from “war” or “warlike action by a military force” require hostilities between de jure or de facto governments (governments or entities essentially like governments).
The insured was a film company producing a television series in Jerusalem when Hamas fired rockets