In his article appearing in the May/June 2009 issue of Coverage , James W. Bryan of Nexsen Pruet, L.L.C. explores the question of whether ─ and under what circumstances ─ an insurer&rsqu ...

In an article appearing in the March/April issue of Coverage , entitled “ The Duty to Defend Implicit Claims ,” Jarrett A. Williams of Covington & Burling LLP first ...

When a lawyer is hired to defend a client in a lawsuit or arbitration, analyzing and pursuing the client’s available insurance coverage is sometimes not expressly included in the scope ...

In his analysis of the insurance coverage implications of claims asserted against credit card companies for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), insurance coverage litigation expert Matthew R. Wildermuth, Es ...

In Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. v. Royal & SunAlliance Ins. Co. of Canada, the Delaware Superior Court considered insurers’ usual arguments as to why they should be able to refuse to advance defense costs, as they promised to do in the ...

Few issues have proved as expensive or vexing to insurers over the years as whether and when policyholders may retain their own defense counsel due to claimed conflicts of interest on the part of their insurers. An issue that has received relat ...

For many years the New York Insurance Department has permitted directors’ and officers’ liability insurers to issue insurance policies in which the insured has the duty of defense even though it required insurers issuing other types ...

When is an accident involving an automobile not an “automobile accident” for the purposes of liability insurance coverage? Often, the practitioner needs to know whethe ...