By Nathan Lovett on Posted in Exclusion lead-in language (Arising out of),ExclusionsThe United States District Court for the District of Utah has held that an errors and omissions policy’s “options trading” exclusion applied to bar coverage for claims resulting from an insured investment company’s high-risk trade. Allegis Invest. Servs., LLC v. Arthur Gallagher & Co., 2019 WL 1002364 (D. Utah Mar. 1, 2019).… Continue Reading
By on Posted in Exclusion lead-in language (Arising out of),Related Claims and associated exclusions,Wrongful ActApplying California law, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has held that coverage is precluded under a claims-made D&O policy based on two exclusions: a specific circumstances exclusion and a prior notice exclusion. Landmark Am. Ins. Co. v. Navigators Ins. Co., 2018 WL 6591620 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 14, 2018).… Continue Reading
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 on Posted in Coverage Litigation - Declaratory Judgment Actions,Exclusion lead-in language (Arising out of)A New Jersey federal district court has held that a declaratory judgment and breach of contract action against a professional liability insurer was not subject to dismissal for failure to state a claim based on the policy’s conversion of funds exclusion as a matter of law because the court could not conclude whether conversion occurred,… 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