Insurers Win Big In Hawaii Climate Change Pollutant Suit
COVID Coverage Questions Linger As Challenges Wind Down
Back-To-Back Storms Expose Outdated NFIP Holes, Pro Says
Insurers Win Big In Hawaii Climate Change Pollutant Suit
The Hawaii Supreme Court's ruling that AIG doesn't need to cover a suit accusing a Sunoco subsidiary of contributing to climate change drew praise from insurance carrier attorneys for finding that greenhouse gasses are an excluded pollutant, but policyholder attorneys took satisfaction in the court's expanded view of covered occurrences.
COVID Coverage Questions Linger As Challenges Wind Down
Nationwide efforts to recover insurance payouts for COVID-19 pandemic losses met a series of setbacks in recent weeks, largely bringing major litigation to a close even as questions linger over key coverage issues that could have lasting effects.
Back-To-Back Storms Expose Outdated NFIP Holes, Pro Says
The one-two punch of hurricanes Helene and Milton should give policymakers another reason to bolster the country's leading flood insurer and rethink water risks, according to Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers and a leading figure among flood loss reduction professionals. Here, Law360 talks to Berginnis about how the back-to-back storms lay bare the country's flood risks.
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