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Overcoming Obstacles to Recovering Settlement Costs from Insurers

Overcoming Obstacles to Recovering Settlement Costs from Insurers

Insurance companies are slow to pay out for settlement costs — if they agree to pay at all. Here are some ways to improve the odds.

 
Preventing Insurers from Wrongfully Denying Storm-Related Claims

Preventing Insurers from Wrongfully Denying Storm-Related Claims

Insurers may delay claims, but policyholders and states are helping ensure that rightful claims get paid quickly after a disaster.

 
How to Protect Data in the Cloud

How to Protect Data in the Cloud

Cloud computing offers major benefits but also presents new challenges to data security.

 
Challenging Unfavorable Arbitration Clauses

Challenging Unfavorable Arbitration Clauses

A recent New York court decision highlights how policyholders can challenge unfavorable arbitration clauses in workers comp and other insurance policies.

 
Property Insurance and Disaster Recovery After Sandy

Property Insurance and Disaster Recovery After Sandy

As the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy brought home, natural disasters can imperil even the most rock-solid businesses.

 
All Sums, All Policies for Long-Tail Claims

All Sums, All Policies for Long-Tail Claims

A recent California Supreme Court decision clarifies the full extent to which policyholders facing long-tail environmental claims can tap into their historic policies to help pay for those costs.

 
Finding Insurance Coverage for Data Breaches and Other Cyber Crimes

Finding Insurance Coverage for Data Breaches and Other Cyber Crimes

Smart data-handling procedures and quality insurance coverage can lessen the blow of unauthorized or unintended uses of business-related data.

 
The D&O Flashpoints for Libor-Related Insurance Claims

The D&O Flashpoints for Libor-Related Insurance Claims

Fallout from the recent Libor manipulation scandal could have important implications for your D&O coverage.

 
What Does the NRRA Mean for Captives?

What Does the NRRA Mean for Captives?

Ambiguity surrounding the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act has created confusion for all captive owners.

 
10 Tips for Getting Claims Paid

10 Tips for Getting Claims Paid

Getting claims paid can be difficult. Here are some ways to help the process along.

 
Insurance Coverage in the Absence of Property Damage

Insurance Coverage in the Absence of Property Damage

Some property insurance policies provide coverage for losses of business income even when there is no property damage at all.

 
Property Insurance and Disaster Recovery

Property Insurance and Disaster Recovery

Developing a disaster recovery plan and assembling a team to implement that plan, before a loss occurs, is invaluable.

 
More Courts Discouraging Policyholder Settlements in Excess Claims Cases

More Courts Discouraging Policyholder Settlements in Excess Claims Cases

Recent court decisions have gone against long-standing case law regarding excess insurance claims recovery.

 
Buying the Right Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy

Buying the Right Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy

As the economy struggles to rebound from recession, employment-related lawsuits are rising at an alarming rate.

 
How the Other Coverages Exclusion Can Cost You Millions

How the Other Coverages Exclusion Can Cost You Millions

The “other coverages” exclusion can sometimes lead to expensive claim disputes.