Colorado Court Enforces Statute that Presumes Faulty Workmanship Constitutes an Occurrence

Matthew D. Stockwell | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | March 21, 2017 Is damage resulting from faulty workmanship covered under your CGL policy? In the past, insurers have had success in certain jurisdictions arguing that construction defect cases did not constitute a covered “occurrence” because the damage was purportedly not unintended or unexpected. In… Continue reading Colorado Court Enforces Statute that Presumes Faulty Workmanship Constitutes an Occurrence

Why Colorado Lawmakers Hope this is the Year to Solve the Affordable Condo Crisis

Marianne Goodland | Colorado Independent | March 22, 2017 For the first time in at least four years, a fix to the state’s construction defects law is finally within reach. This much perhaps everyone can agree on: Colorado is in an affordable housing crisis, whether you live on the Front Range, Western Slope or the… Continue reading Why Colorado Lawmakers Hope this is the Year to Solve the Affordable Condo Crisis

Settling Into Defeat

Irwin R. Krumer and David A. Pisunic | The CLM Magazine | March 2017 Is an Unhealthy Aversion to Risk Keeping Insurers from Punching Back in Court Civil trials have become a rarity in recent years. The perception that defense costs have increased has placed a premium on settling cases that insurers previously used to… Continue reading Settling Into Defeat

Seventh Circuit Finds Faulty Work Not a Covered “Occurrence”

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP | March 21, 2017 In Allied Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Metro North Condo. Ass’n, No. 16-1868, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4107 (7th Cir. Mar. 8, 2017), the Seventh Circuit had occasion to consider whether claims of faulty workmanship could constitute “property damage” caused by an “occurrence” as… Continue reading Seventh Circuit Finds Faulty Work Not a Covered “Occurrence”

New Report Gives Insight into Increased Fire Claim Figures

Nicole Vinson | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | March 22, 2017 One of the most terrifying and devastating perils insured against is fire. A wildfire outbreak is one news alert that can have a massive impact on our property and lives. A new research study has exposed some of the data on the insurance… Continue reading New Report Gives Insight into Increased Fire Claim Figures

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