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Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP on Earthquake Insurance Coverage: Then and Now
While earthquakes and earthquake insurance are primarily matters of concern in California, there have been earthquakes in 46 states since 1975 and insurers underwrite earthquake policies in all 50 states. The California experience with earthquake insurance is therefore potentially important well beyond that state’s borders. In their commentary, Cynthia Mellema, Jeff Butler and Norman Lau of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP:

Cynthia L. Mellema and Jeffry Butler

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Darren A. Lossia and Charles W. Browning on Flood Exclusion Upheld in La. "Hurricane Katrina" Claims
Darren A. Lossia and Charles W. Browning of the law firm of Plunkett Clooney here analyze a key decision among the many insurance coverage cases that have followed in the wake of hurricane Katrina. A recent unanimous decision by the Fifth Circuit interpreted the application of flood exclusion language contained in various homeowner’s, renter’s and commercial property insurance policies as unambiguously excluding floo

By Darren A. Lossia and Charles W. Browning
members, Plunkett Cooney LLP

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Richard Lewis & Marshall Gilinsky on Business Income Coverage in the Post 9/11 World: How Insurance Companies Have Changed the Claims Handling Playbook Since 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
Richard Lewis and Marshall Gilinsky have provided an important commentary on the substantial shifts in the way business income interruption insurance claims have been handled as a result of the events of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Prior to those events, business income and other time element insurance claims typically were resolved by negotiation or appraisal. But those cataclysmic events have set loose a torrent

By Richard Lewis and Marshall Gilinsky
Partner, Reed Smith LLP; Shareholder, Anderson Kill & Olick PC

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Apr 16 2008 7:31PM
William T. Barker

An Interview with David Rossmiller on the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Insurance Law and an Update on Recent Developments
After the shock of having their properties devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents were in for a another shock. The homeowner’s and commercial property insurance policies they depended on for recovery contained exclusions and limitations resulting in coverage denials and small payouts. Policyholders are challenging the insurers’ interpretations of their policies in court, some alleging fraud and bad faith. Governments are proposing new laws and regulations aim

By David P. Rossmiller
Partner, Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP

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Carrie Cope on Storm Clouds on the Horizon: A New Assessment Raises Concerns for Some Florida Insurers
Some Florida insurers are facing new assessments in the event the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation sustains a budget shortfall in the coming years. This is the result of the Florida State Legislature’s expansion of Florida Statute § 627.351, to apply to al

By Carrie Cope
Partner, Tressler Soderstrom Maloney & Priess LLP

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John J. Pappas On The Doctrine of Contextual Ambiguity
It is always reassuring when our courts’ legal decisions are consistent with common sense. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Nothing astonishes us so much as common sense and plain dealing." Of course all words are ambiguous to the extent they may have more than one meaning. Most of the time our courts actually mean to say that a word or a phrase is susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation in the context of a particular set of circumstances. That is

By John J Pappas
Partner, Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

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Dec 6 2007 6:52PM
TomHagy

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