By Sara Dunton on Posted in Breach of Contract – coverage for amounts due pursuant to contract, exclusions,Professional ServicesThe United States District Court for Nevada, applying Nevada law, has held that an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify in a wrongful death suit where a plea agreement in a related criminal action satisfied the willful violation of statute exclusion in a doctor’s professional liability policy. Nat’l Fire & Marine Ins. Co.… Continue Reading
By Anna Schaffner on Posted in Bad Faith,Breach of ContractThe United States District Court for the District of Nevada, applying Nevada law, has held that the court’s prior favorable coverage determination was evidence that an insurer did not act in bad faith when refusing to defend or provide coverage under a policy. My Left Foot Children’s Therapy, LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London,… Continue Reading
By Anna Schaffner on Posted in “Claim”Applying Nevada law, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada has held that an insurer did not owe coverage to its insured charter school because a “Notice of Closure” constituted a “claim” first made before the policy period. Argent Preparatory Acad. f/k/a Silver State Charter Sch. v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co., 2019… Continue Reading
By Edward R. Brown on Posted in Cyber Policies and IssuesA Nevada federal district court has applied the “direct means direct” rule to conclude that losses an insured suffered from payment card chargebacks when certain employees made fraudulent charges on customers’ payment cards were only the “indirect” result of employee theft, and therefore not covered under the insured’s commercial crime policy. CP Food & Beverage,… Continue Reading
By Nicole Audet Richardson on Posted in Insured v. Insured ExclusionApplying both New York and Nevada law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that an insurer correctly denied coverage under its directors and officers liability policy based on the insured v. insured exclusion. Intelligent Digital Sys. L.L.C. et al. v. Beazley Ins. Co., 2017 WL 4127540 (2d Cir. Sept.… Continue Reading
By Edward R. Brown on Posted in Personal Profit/Advantage exclusionThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a decision in favor of an insurer, holding that the business enterprise and trust exclusions in a lawyers professional liability policy barred coverage for a suit alleging self-dealing by the insured attorney and his firm. Christensen v. Darwin Nat’l Assurance Co., No. 14-15914… Continue Reading
