The Minnesota Court of Appeals found losses from government orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic were covered by an endorsement which also provided for several occurrences suffered by the insured. Life Time, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 2025 Minn. App. LEXIS 269 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 11, 2025).
Life Time, Inc. operated health
The insured’s attorney was sanctioned for pursuing claims that were factually and legally unfounded. Wright v ASI Lloyds, No. 3?22-cv-357, Order (S.D. Texas Aug. 5, 2025).
ASI moved for sections against the insured’s counsel, Eric B. Dick of the Eric Dick Law Firm, PLLC, requiring payment of fees, costs and
The federal district court denied the insurer’s motion to dismiss the insured’s claims under a Commercial Cyber Policy, but granted the motion to dismiss the producer of the policy. Connelly Law Offices, PLLC v. Cowbell Cyber, Inc., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152604 (W.D. Wash. Aug 7, 2025).
Woods Law and
The insured’s claim for damage to the property’s electrical equipment and power loss after a wind and rain storm was not covered due to the policy’s anti-concurrent causation clause. Allah-Pak Properties, LLC v. Century Surety Co., No. 2:23-CV-00301, Order (S.D. Texas Aug. 8, 2025).
During a storm, water seeped into
The Supreme Court of Maryland upheld the insured's assignment of a post-loss claim despite the policy's anti-assignment provision. In re Featherfall Restoration, LLC, 2025 Md. LEXIS 294 (Md. July 24, 2025).
The insureds purchased a "High Value' homeowners policy from Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company for their residence. The
The magistrate judge recommended that the insurer's motion for summary judgment regarding the insured's bad faith claims be granted. Thornton v. HJB State Farm Lloyds, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151342 (W.D. Texas Aug. 5, 2025).
The insureds claimed their home was damaged in a wind and hail storm. A claim
In a dispute between two insurers regarding which had a duty to defend in the underlying lawsuit, the federal district court denied one insurer's motion to join the underlying plaintiff as a necessary party. Amerisure Ins. Co. v. Burlington Ins. Group, Inc., 2025 U.S. Distl LEXIS 144927 (N.D. Ill. July 29, 2025).
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that the appraisers appointed under the policy provisions to establish the amount of loss could also find the cause of the loss. Mesco Manufacturing, LLC v. Motorists Mut. Ins. Co., 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 18598 (7th Cir. July 25, 2025).
Mesco Manufacturing
The federal district court applying Kentucky law denied the insurer's motion to dismiss bad faith claims, but granted the motion for dismissal of the insured's negligence claim. Smith v. Am. Strategic Ins., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140900 (W.D. Ky. July 23, 2025).
The Smiths purchased a homeowners policy from American
The court denied the insurer's motion for summary judgment on its claim that a defense was not owed to an entity not named as the insured under the policy. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. v. Order Denying Rip Van 898, LLC, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139269 (D. Nev. July 22, 2025).