In Garcia v. Federal Ins. Co., Case No. SC06-2524 (Fla., Oct. 25, 2007), the Florida Supreme Court recently analyzed certified questions from the Eleventh Circuit regarding coverage for an additional insured under a homeowner’s policy.  The issue was whether the policy’s coverage of the additional insured was limited to vicarious liability for

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     Last week, we reported Congress was considering extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, set to expire on December 31, 2007.   Today, the House approved a bill 303-116 to extend the Act and expand coverage despite the threat of a presidential veto.  While the Senate bill merely extends the existing program for …

     Given the heavy rain and 60-mile an hour winds that descended on Hawaii this past week, a recently issued report on climate change by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development seems particularly timely.

     The study seeks to help policy makers determine where to focus adaptation strategies to climate extremes and

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    A quiet debate on whether an insurer is entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees in coverage actions is closer to resolution.  The argument generally focuses on what statute is applicable: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 607-14 (1993) (which mandates fees to be paid by the losing party in assumpsit actions) or Haw. Rev.

        A quiet debate on whether an insurer is entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees in coverage actions is closer to resolution.  The argument generally focuses on what statute is applicable: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 607-14 (1993) (which mandates fees to be paid by the losing party in assumpsit actions) or Haw.

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     The California Supreme Court decided a bad faith case last week. See Wilson v. 21st Century Ins. Co., No. S 141790 (Cal. Sup. Ct. Nov. 29, 2007).  In Wilson, eight months after the plaintiff policy holder was injured, the insurer rejected her demand for payment of the $100,000 policy limit on her

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        No case has stirred the construction and insurance coverage community in Hawaii quite like Burlington Ins. Co. v. Oceanic Design & Constr., Inc.   Together with the economic loss doctrine, this case, if followed in state courts, could signal the death knell for insurer participation in many construction defect cases and have…