Kari A. Timm will be speaking on a panel about cyber and privacy risks and insurance for the railroad industry at the 24th Annual Railroad Liability Conference in Fort Worth, Texas held from July 26, 2017 through July 28, 2017.  Kari will be speaking on July 27, 2017.  The conference will kick off on Wednesday evening, July 26th, at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel, and numerous...

Jason P. Minkin and Brian J. Watson have published an article in The Maritime Advocate entitled Known Loss Doctrine Precludes Insurance for Hijacked Cargo Shipment.  The article discusses a recent court decision applying the “known loss doctrine” to preclude insurance for a hijacked shipment of cargo that the policyholder knew was lost prior to obtaining coverage under its open...

Jason P. Minkin and Brian J. Watson have published an article in DRI’s The Voice (Volume 16 Issue 27) entitled Recent “Wrongful Birth” Decisions Turn on the Health of the Child.  The article discusses the contrasting approaches taken in two recent state supreme court decisions addressing medical liability issues involving the “wrongful birth” of disabled versus healthy...

Special Counsel Alicia J. Smith participated in a panel discussion sponsored by Ironshore Insurance in Chicago on March 22, 2017. Alicia’s panel addressed the insurance implications of  “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics” as part of Ironshore’s Innovation Forum hosted by the insurer’s Midwest Region.  The panel first considered insurance underwriting and legal...

Jason P. Minkin and Brian J. Watson have published an article in Marine Insight entitled Navigating Maritime Liens: Protections Afforded to the Vessel Owner.  The article discusses a recent court decision which highlights how a vessel owner was able to overcome a maritime lien and vacate the arrest of its vessel.

Jason P. Minkin and Jonathan A. Cipriani have published an article in the Maritime Advocate entitled Court Finds Issues of Fact With Regard to Claim of Late Notice Under Bumbershoot Policy.  The article discusses a recent court decision applying Connecticut law to a denial of coverage based on late notice under an occurrence-based policy.  A full copy of the article can be found...

In this article by R. Patrick Bedell and Kevin F. Harris published in Mealey’s Emerging Insurance Disputes, the firm’s Opioid Coverage Task Force examines the origins of the prescription opioid epidemic, the growing number of lawsuits filed by state and local governments against the prescription opioid industry, and the insurance coverage issues presented by opioid lawsuits....

In this article by BatesCarey's Opioid Coverage Task Force, Adam H. Fleischer and R. Patrick Bedell look at the Senate's proposed healthcare bill, the impact on the opioid crisis, and the potential impact on insurers.

In this article by Adam H. Fleischer, the Chairperson of BatesCarey's Opioid Coverage Task Force, we examine the potential impact on insurers of new efforts by the State of Tennessee and a national group of attorneys general to target the prescription opioid industry.

This article explores these three excess of policy limits situations, problematic jurisdictions, and options insurers should consider in order to guard against excess of policy limits exposure.