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Insurance Coverage Update January 2014
04.27.2015
NEW YORK
Pollution Liability - Policy Sublimit
Court Upholds "Dedicated UST Sublimit Endorsement" to Cap Insurer's Exposure Under Pollution Liability Policy   Two Farms, Inc. v. Greenwich Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1629 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 6, 2014)   The United States District Court for the ...
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Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Update July 2013
04.27.2015
NEW YORK 
NEW YORK 
Late Notice - Untimely Disclaimer
Under Pre-2008 Policy, Insured's Year-Long Delayed Notice Constituted Late Notice, and Insurer's Year-Long Delay in Disclaiming (Following Prompt Reservation of Rights) Found Timely Under N.Y. Ins. Law § 3420.   U.S. Underwriters Ins ...
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Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Update June 2013
04.27.2015
NEW YORK
NEW YORK
Duty to Defend - Policy Exclusions
New York's Highest Court Rules Liability Insurer that Breaches Duty to Defend May Not Later Rely on Policy Exclusions to Avoid Duty to Indemnify

K2 Inv. Group, LLC v American Guar. & Liab. Ins. Co., 2013 N.Y. LEXIS 1461 (N.Y. 2013)
The New York ...
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Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Update March 2014
04.27.2015
NEW YORK             
Duty to Defend
New York's Highest Court Vacates Controversial 2013 Ruling and Rejects Minority "Coverage by Estoppel" Rule   K2 Inv. Group, LLC v American Guar. & Liab. Ins. Co., 2014 N.Y. LEXIS 201 (N.Y. Feb. 18, 2014)   The New York Court of Appeals issued a rare reversal of its own prior ...
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Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Update May 2013
04.27.2015
NEW YORK                                                                      

Occurrence - Number of Occurrences/Allocation
Priest's Multiple Acts of Sexual Molestation Constitute Multiple Occurrences; Settlement of Resulting Liabilities Subject to Pro Rata Allocation
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh ...
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Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Update November 2013
04.27.2015
NEW YORK 
Duty to Defend - Additional Insured - Extrinsic Evidence
Insurer Owes Additional Insured a Duty to Defend and is Required to Reimburse Additional Insured for Fees Incurred in Defending the Underlying Action after Deposition Testimony Reveals Facts that Trigger Coverage.
  
UPS v ...
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Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Update October 2013
04.27.2015
NEW JERSEY                                  
Exhaustion - Allocation/Insolvency
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Policies Issued by Insolvent Insurers Subject to 2004 PLIGA Amendment Are Only Implicated After Solvent Policies Exhaust
 
Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. N.J. Property-Liability Ins. Guar. Ass'n As Adm'r of Claims ...
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Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Update September 2013
04.27.2015
NEW YORK  
Wrongful Acts - - Employment Practices
Wrongful Touching Claims Triggered D&O Employment Practices Coverage Grant; Insurer Waived Right to Disclaim Under Ins. Law Section 3420.  
 
Jewish Cmty. Ctr. of Staten Island v. Trumbull Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102063 (E.D.N.Y. July 16 ...
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