Lisa C. Wood, Gregory T. Dennison and Piel A. Lora | Saiber Construction site owners and contractors can find it difficult to secure bargained-for additional insured coverage when the plaintiff is the subcontractor’s employee and subject to the worker’s compensation bar. Courts continue to struggle with how to determine if a defense is owed under… Continue reading Construction Coverage – Triggering the Additional Insured Obligation When the Subcontractor Is Immune From Suit
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Constructing Additional Insured Coverage From A Certificate Of Insurance
Kenneth Gorenberg | Barnes & Thornburg If your company receives a certificate of insurance that says your company is an additional insured on someone else’s policy, can you rely on it? A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Washington suggests you can, at least if the certificate was prepared by the insurance company’s agent.… Continue reading Constructing Additional Insured Coverage From A Certificate Of Insurance
Wash. Ruling Offers Key Safeguards For Additional Insureds
Catherine L. Doyle and Brian S. Scarbrough | Jenner & Block | November 27, 2019 It is common in certain commercial relationships for contracting parties to agree that one will obtain insurance and name the other as an “additional insured” on the policy. For example, these arrangements are often seen in the construction industry, between… Continue reading Wash. Ruling Offers Key Safeguards For Additional Insureds
Insurer Must Defend Additional Insured Though Its Insured is a Non-Party
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | September 4, 2019 The plaintiff insurer’s motion for partial summary judgment seeking an order that defendant insurer was obligated to defend a non-party as an additional insured was granted. Am Empire Surplus Lines Ins. Co. v. Burlington Ins. Co., 2019 N. Y. Misc. LEXIS 4145 (N.… Continue reading Insurer Must Defend Additional Insured Though Its Insured is a Non-Party
Additional Insurance Coverage: Fundamentals and Misconceptions
R. Thomas Dunn | Pierce Atwood | September 26, 2019 Additional insured (“AI”) requirements for commercial general liability (CGL) policies are very common in construction contracts. An Owner routinely requires its general contractor (“GC”) to provide AI coverage for itself, its affiliates, and sometimes a handful of other entities (lender, architect, etc.). In turn, the… Continue reading Additional Insurance Coverage: Fundamentals and Misconceptions