Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Insurers Struggle With Policy Rewrites

September 23, 2020 by Susanne Sclafane

Commercial insurers are engaged in coverage language rewrites en masse this year, but “The Great Policy Rewrite” faces some serious obstacles, a coverage lawyer said recently.

Even if carriers are just seeking to clarify language, they need to be mindful of the potential impact on the interpretations of prior forms, Michael Byrne, a partner in the New York office of McDermott Will & Emery, said during a webinar hosted by InsurTech RiskGenius, explaining one of four complications he sees carriers running up against.