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Terrorism Insurance: Issues of Policy, Regulation and Coverage
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law, University of Missouri, Kansas City
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Jeffrey E. Thomas is the author of “Terrorism Insurance: Issues of Policy, Regulation and Coverage” from the New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues. Appleman on Insurance is a new "hot topics" publication that addresses the most urgent challenges facing insurance law practitioners. The articles are written by practitioners and scholars of the highest caliber. The articles published thus far include:
- An analysis of the role of ambiguity in insurance policy interpretation;
- The role and propriety of insurers’ payments to brokers of contingent commissions;
- A study of the choice-of-law conundrum practitioners must face in deciding in which jurisdiction to litigate an insurance law case;
- A 50-state survey of selected rulings of the states’ highest courts on choice-of-law issues in insurance coverage disputes;
- A comparison between the scope of an insurer’s obligation to pay claim expenses and the scope of an insurer’s duty to defend;
- An analysis of cases along with commentary on when extrinsic evidence can defeat the insurer's duty to defend;
- An analysis of Hurricane Katrina litigation involving the flood exclusion in homeowner and commercial insurance policies;
- The interpretation and enforcement of anti-concurrent policy language in Hurricane Katrina cases and beyond;
- An analysis of cases along with commentary on an insurer’s right to recoup non-covered defense costs and indemnity payments;
- An analysis of the amorphous duty of an attorney to advise clients about possible insurance coverage;
- A review of compelling issues in advertising injury insurance;
- An analysis of the implications for insurance coverage of global warming litigation;
- An analysis of the attorney-client privilege and opinion work product protection in insurance bad faith litigation;
- A 50-state survey of the courts’ views on the “At Issue” waiver of the attorney-client privilege;
- An analysis of the application of the ”Other Insurance” provisions in insurance policies;
- The role of federal courts in consolidating reinsurance arbitrations;
- Terrorism insurance: issues of policy, regulation and coverage;
- The duties, rights and remedies of excess insurers;
- The role of certificates of insurance in liability coverage;
- An analysis of California's ill-fated proposed legislation to provide universal healthcare;
- The issue of punitive damages from the insurer’s perspective;
- Developments impacting D&O policy drafting, negotiations and claims;
- Illicit life insurance settlements.
New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law is an exciting new addition to the Appleman group of publications that delivers invaluable insights into the most urgent challenges confronting practitioners handling an insurance case.
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