A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
When Hawai`i Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt met with the Hawai`i Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Section on July 1, 2009, [see post here] he advised the State was considering use of the Hurricane Relief Fund to help close the budget deficit.
Today's Honolulu Advertiser reports that this option is still under serious consideration by the Governor…
In National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Porter Hayden Co, No. AMD-03-23408, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61992 (D. Md. July 7, 2009), National Union contended that its insured, Porter Hayden, a debtor in bankruptcy, was not entitled to a defense or indemnity for asbestos-related claims.
Porter Hayden sold and…
