Litigation/Liability Trends
Businesses and Insurers Face Survival Showdowns From Africa to America
W ynand du Toit's safari camp in South Africa's Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents ripped open by baboons and its survival in the balance after his insurer rejected his COVID-19 ...
How Parametric Triggers Can Allow Insurers to Cover Pandemic Business Interruptions
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe levels of disruption to economies around the world and has affected businesses of all sizes—and the insurance industry has been caught in the middle of the ...
Business Interruption Lawsuit Between Law Firm, Travelers Advanced by Federal Judge
A federal judge in California disappointed a law firm suing Travelers Insurance over coronavirus lockdown related business interruption claims in refusing to remove its case to state court and ...
Unusually Harsh California Heatwave Heightens Risk of Wildfires
The current heatwave broiling Californians like no event in decades is also elevating the risk for another potential disaster in the weeks ahead: wildfires. While heat and dry conditions have ...
COVID-19 May Kill Renewal for One University’s Innovative Virus Coverage
After becoming dean of the University of Illinois business school in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics or a virus would choke off a major source of revenue for his school: Chinese graduate ...
Calif. Court Rules Amazon Can Be Liable for Injuries From Defective Products
Amazon.com can be held liable like other traditional retailers for injuries from defective products sold via its sprawling e-commerce marketplace, a California state appeals court ruled on Thursday. ...
Middle East Insurers Reportedly Absorbing Bulk of Beirut Blast Losses
Insurers in the Middle East are expected to absorb a large part of the losses from Beirut's explosion last week with Lloyd's of London and other international players expected to be less exposed, ...
Push to Consolidate COVID-19 Business Loss Suits Denied; Insurer-Based Grouping Eyed Instead
The legal panel on multidistrict litigation (MDL) has denied a proposal to consolidate cases brought by multiple businesses against various insurers for coronavirus-related business losses. At the ...