A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
The recently adjourned, 2011 session of the Hawaii Legislature passed several insurance-related bills to send to the Governor's desk. The bills are summarized below.
HB 519– Workers' Compensation
This measure excludes services performed by an individual who is a member of a limited liability company, a partner of a limited liability partnership who has…
Today, we link to a post from DoorFly.com addressing the private mortgage insurance. [see post here]. DoorFly.com's cite is: http://blog.doorfly.com/. The post explains what private mortgage insurance is:
Abbreviated PMI, private mortgage insurance is an added policy that protects lenders. This is required in a majority of cases where the borrower is unable to come
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An article I wrote on ensuing loss was recently published in the ABA’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s Coverage Magazine (article attached here.) The article discusses first party property policies providing for ensuing loss. The ensuing loss provision may read something like this: “We will pay for resulting loss caused by a Peril Insured.” Accordingly, although…
Our firm has had many questions on insurance related issues since Friday's Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. The following outline is quick primer on insurance coverage related to natural catastrophes.
INSURING PROPERTY FOR CATASTROPHES
● Cost of Natural Disasters:
∙ Hurricane Katrina in 2005 cost insurers and reinsurers $62.2 billion.
∙ Hurricane Ike in 2008 cost the insurance
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The ABA’s Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s annual conference was held in Tucson on March 3-5, 2011. My colleagues, Rina Carmel, Esq., of Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP, and Lisa M. Shusto, P.E., of Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, and I led two lively and engaging discussions on ensuing loss provisions in property…
Today, we link to a guest post from DoorFly.com addressing the need for title insurance. The link to the full post is http://blog.doorfly.com/articles/2011/what-is-title-insurance-and-why-do-we-need-it/. [post here].
By way of introduction, the post explains:
If you’ve ever bought a home or a piece of real estate, you have probably heard the term title insurance
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This past Friday, Judge Richard R. Clifton of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gave an informative and entertaining presentation to the Litigation section of the Hawaii State Bar Association. The title of the presentation was, “Practice Pointers for Appeals: Procedure, Briefing and Oral Argument.”
Judge Clifton started with some personal background. …
This year’s annual ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar will be held in Tucson on March 3-5, 2011. The conference will offer a number of timely, comprehensive sessions on such insurance-related issues as coverage for natural and not-so-natural disasters, litigation over construction claims, emerging issues in the health care industry…
In Group Builders, Inc. v. Admiral Ins. Co., 123 Haw. 142, 231 P.3d 67 (Haw. Ct. App. 2010) [decision here], the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals determined that construction defects did not arise from an occurrence and therefore were not covered under a CGL policy. [See our Group Builders’ post here]. Bills were recently…
United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will participate in the University of Hawaii law school's Jurists-in-Residence Program the week of January 24, 2011. In honor Justice Alito's visit, we offer a sampling of insurance coverage decisions he has authored.
We did not locate any insurance coverage opinions Justice Alito has written while serving…
