It is not uncommon for an insurance company to hire a lawyer to provide advice on a particular insurance issue and then subsequently hire the same lawyer to defend the…
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An application for insurance is an important document for both the insurance company and the customer buying insurance. The insurance carrier should be familiar with its contents and the effect…
If you’re a landlord, a commercial property owner, or a commercial tenant, then you know there are a host of risks to manage. From environmental hazards to accidents, these risks…
The NJ Supreme Court recently considered the question of whether a doctor’s failure to comply with a law requiring him to obtain liability insurance constituted negligence within the context of…
In 2013 New York?s highest court held that an insurance company could not rely on policy exclusions as a defense to pay indemnity after wrongfully denying a defense on the…
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that the Division of Workers? Compensation courts should determine whether an injured person is an ?employee? as opposed to an ?independent contractor.? In…
The N.J.?Appellate Division in?the case,?Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyd?s, Subscribing to Policy Number BUYXXXX?v. Cleopatra, LLC,?Docket No. A-1312-12T3?(App. Div.?Nov 20, 2013) affirmed a Cape MayCounty?trial court?s?order voiding a Lloyd?s policy…
The New Jersey Supreme Court, in Potomac Insurance Co. v. Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Co., has, for the first time, addressed the issue of whether an insurer, with an obligation…
New York law requires individuals to provide their insurance company with notice of an insurance claim as soon as practicable. For many years, the general rule of thumb was that…
In American International Insurance Company of Delaware v. 4M Interprise, Inc., a NJ Appellate Court dealt with the issue of whether a risk retention group must comply with the NJ…