/insurance-authority/general-liability?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Insurance Authority General Liability Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:00:54 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352959?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352959 Thursday's deadly Air India disaster could implicate a range of insurance coverage proceedings, but experts said massive costs will likely be shared by multiple insurers in a process that will be shaped in part by investigations into the cause of the crash. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:01:37 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352828?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352828 A California federal court sided with Hyundai and Kia by finding that an Ohio products liability law bars negligence claims from five Ohio cities in sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging the automakers knowingly sold vehicles with design flaws that resulted in a car theft crime spree. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:00:17 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352541?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352541 Mandarin Oriental notched a discovery win in its COVID-19 coverage action while appeals courts dealt further defeats in other pandemic-related insurance cases, Uber filed a racketeering lawsuit over sham injury payouts and the Fourth Circuit sided with an insurer in a dispute over stacking policy limits. Here, Â鶹´«Ã½360 takes a look at the past week's top insurance news. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:14:14 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352768 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' veto of a bill that would have repealed limits on noneconomic damages in fatal medical malpractice cases — despite state lawmakers' overwhelming support of the measure — signals broad concerns over how tort reform legislation could impact the insurance industry. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:10:42 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352654?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352654 The Sixth Circuit forged its own jurisdictional standard in determining that when coercive and declaratory claims are closely intertwined it's likely an abuse of discretion for a federal court to abstain from adjudication, and experts are praising the decision as a thorough analysis of the appropriateness of exercising jurisdiction over insurance disputes. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:14:30 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352665 An insurer says it owes no coverage for nearly $30 million in counterclaims against a construction company that allegedly violated its contract for a Texas project, telling a Tennessee federal court that the counterclaims either didn't involve covered bodily injury or property damage or were otherwise excluded. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:16:56 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2347365?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2347365 To avoid the fate of numerous expert witnesses whose testimony was recently deemed inadmissible by courts, experts relying on artificial intelligence and machine learning should learn from statistical tools’ road to judicial acceptance, say directors at Secretariat. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:44:39 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352750?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352750 TATA AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd. is the lead insurer for hull and liability on the Air India flight that crashed just after take off in Ahmedabad, India on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:07:18 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352133?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352133 A Chubb unit underpaid a renewable energy plant operator for losses sustained after several water flow barriers malfunctioned, the assignee of the operator told a New York federal court, saying the insurer paid less than half of the $5.6 million it owed. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:21:48 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352018?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2352018 A day care's insurer told an Alabama federal court it has no duty to cover a $1 million judgment against the center after a jury found it liable for leaving a woman's child in a van during a field trip, citing an exclusion for bodily injury arising from "any auto." Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:38:46 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351977?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351977 Uber told a Florida federal court Wednesday that at least five of its drivers faked accidents and colluded with healthcare providers and a Florida law firm to file sham litigation against the ride-hailing platform and its insurer, costing millions of dollars in legal defense and settlements. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:31:33 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351763?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351763 A recent Oregon Supreme Court decision, Twigg v. Admiral Insurance, dispels the myth that a contractor's liability for defective work is uninsurable if pursued as a breach of contract, say attorneys at Stoel Rives. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:20:18 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351180?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351180 An insurer is claiming it is owed at least $625,000 from a law firm hired to defend a poultry farm against a suit over toxic pesticide exposure, alleging in federal court that it was forced to settle the suit above policy limits due to the firm's negligence and malpractice. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:53:56 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351691 An information security technology company urged the First Circuit on Tuesday to affirm that it isn't liable for a 2018 data breach that exposed confidential information of more than 277,000 of the medical device maker's patients, arguing that the insurer assignee of the device maker had no valid points. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:38:27 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351444?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351444 An insurer that separately insured a farm and a man accused by the farm of trespassing on its property and cutting down "valuable trees" told a Missouri federal court it should owe no coverage to the man, pointing to an exclusion for damage to vegetation. Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:47:25 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351112?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351112 A Missouri property developer can't recover from Travelers $1.4 million for lost rental income and soft costs after a retaining wall failure caused delays at an apartment construction project, the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday. Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:25:32 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351029?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2351029 Hinshaw & Culbertson has added a partner from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz to its global insurance services practice in New Orleans, where she will represent insurance companies and other entities, the 500-lawyer firm announced Monday. Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:46:42 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2350888?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2350888 An insurer for a North Carolina city improperly denied coverage for an underlying suit brought by a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 44 years and is now on the hook for a $9.3 million settlement payment, the city argued in a suit removed to federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:02:46 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2349943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2349943 A Zurich Insurance Group unit cannot use exclusions to avoid covering more than $2 million in losses a contractor incurred after losing steel casings while constructing a bridge foundation near a Northern California city for the state Department of Transportation, according to a lawsuit removed to federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:05:36 +0000 /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2349931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-authority/general-liability/articles/2349931 A chiropractor's insurer must pay a $1.1 million award entered against him and the clinic where he works in a suit over injuries that a woman sustained during treatment, the clinic's insurer told a New York federal court, saying the other carrier's policy provides primary coverage.