By Margaret Thomas on Posted in Exclusion lead-in language (Arising out of),Professional ServicesA California appellate court has held that a pipeline owner’s insurer is not entitled to reimbursement of defense costs and settlement payments from the insurer for the staffing agency that supplied personnel to the pipeline because the professional services exclusion in the staffing agency’s policy unambiguously barred coverage. Energy Ins. Mut. Ltd. v. ACE American… Continue Reading
By Karen L. Toto on Posted in Exclusion lead-in language (Arising out of)Applying Massachusetts law, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has held that a policy exclusion for injury “arising out of” copyright infringement bars coverage for a lawsuit alleging that the claimant infringed the insured’s software copyrights, even in the absence of a claim for infringement by the insured. PTC, Inc. v.… Continue Reading
