Brittany E. De Vries and Geoffrey B. Fehling | Hunton The Fourth Circuit in APAC-Atlantic, Inc. v. Owners Insurance Co. recently endorsed expansive coverage for additional insureds, interpreting “arising out of” broadly under North Carolina law to extend coverage to a repaving company under its subcontractor’s commercial general liability insurance policy. The court held that an additional… Continue reading Fourth Circuit Extends Coverage to Contractor, American Bar Association
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Additional Insured Status: What Every Contractor and Government Contractor Needs to Know
Karissa Kaseorg | Sands Anderson If your business operates in construction, government contracting, or any project-based industry, you have almost certainly been asked to name someone as an “additional insured” on your insurance policy or been required to obtain that status on someone else’s. Despite how routine this requirement has become, additional insured. What Does… Continue reading Additional Insured Status: What Every Contractor and Government Contractor Needs to Know
Insurer Must Defend Additional Insured
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The federal district court found that the insurer owed a duty to defend the additional insured. Owners Ins. Co. v. Colliers Bennet & Kahnweiler, LLC, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24893 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 11, 2025). Colliers Bennett Kahnweller, LLC (Colliers) managed property owned by North… Continue reading Insurer Must Defend Additional Insured
Are You Really Covered as an Additional Insured?
Ryan Gibbons, Akiva Gottlieb, Andrew Jagoda, Philip Nemecek and Scott Vetri | Katten Muchin Rosenman For your next construction project in New York, securing commercial general liability coverage as an additional insured may not be as simple as it would appear. Recent court rulings have interpreted the terms of insurance policies, where additional insured parties… Continue reading Are You Really Covered as an Additional Insured?
Federal Court Holds that Demolition Exclusion Does Not Apply and Carrier Has Duty to Defend Additional Insureds
Craig Rokuson | Traub Liberman In the recent case of Travelers Indem. Co. v. Trisura Specialty Ins. Co., 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101953 (S.D.N.Y. June 7, 2024), the court had occasion to consider the classic additional insured fact pattern of a construction accident. Travelers insured the general contractor and provided a defense to the general contractor… Continue reading Federal Court Holds that Demolition Exclusion Does Not Apply and Carrier Has Duty to Defend Additional Insureds