A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
Harvard College's claim for excess coverage was properly denied for failure to provide timely notice on a claims-made policy. President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 20715 (1st Cir. Aug. 9, 2023).
Harvard had a one year liability policy with National Union…
In another round of litigation involving coverage issues between Montrose Chemical Corporation and its insurers, the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of Montrose, adopting vertical exhaustion of excess policies. Montrose Chem. Corp. of Calif. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 9 Ca. 5th 215 (2020).
In 1990…
The Texas Supreme Court found that Lloyd's endorsement imposing a cap on liability for a joint venture did not exclude coverage for defense costs. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. Houston Cas. Co. et al., 2019 Texas LEXIS 53 (Texas Jan. 25 2019j.
Pursuant to a joint venture agreement, Anadarko held a…
