David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates | August 11, 2018 Commercial general liability (CGL) policies for contractors traditionally contain a professional liabilities exclusion. This exclusion is generally added through aspecific endorsement to eliminate coverage for professional services. Read the endorsement The point of the exclusion, in a nutshell, is simply to eliminate a CGL policy for a… Continue reading CGL Policies and the Professional Liabilities Exclusion
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The Importance of the Subcontractor Exception to the “Your Work” Exclusion
John J. Kozak, Esq. | Florida Construction Law News | April 24, 2018 Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies typically include a “your work” exclusion, excluding coverage for “’property damage’ to ‘your work’ arising out of it or any part of it and included in the ‘products-completed operations hazard.’” These CGL policies define “your work,” in… Continue reading The Importance of the Subcontractor Exception to the “Your Work” Exclusion
Faulty Workmanship, Even if Charged as Negligence, Isn’t Fortuitous Enough to Be an “Occurrence” Under Liability Policy
Richard Wolf | Claims Journal | April 16, 2018 Every once in a while, a court teaches us by judicial decision an entire chapter of insurance law lessons we can carry with us, secure in the knowledge that we can reason our way to the right result in insurance coverage disputes. Such a court opinion… Continue reading Faulty Workmanship, Even if Charged as Negligence, Isn’t Fortuitous Enough to Be an “Occurrence” Under Liability Policy
CGL and Aviation Insurers: Filling Gaps or Staking Space in the Race for Drones
T. Patrick Byrnes and Matthew J. Kalas | Locke Lord | April 2018 Insurers searching for new sources of premium have increasingly looked to drones. But one question has dominated the conversation: who will benefit: the aviation market or traditional general liability insurers? Recent reports suggest the answer to that question may be “both.” During… Continue reading CGL and Aviation Insurers: Filling Gaps or Staking Space in the Race for Drones
CA Supreme Court Set to Rule on Important Occurrence Issue Certified by Ninth Circuit
William S. Bennett | Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC | March 9, 2018 The California Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments over whether an insurer is required to cover allegations that a builder negligently failed to supervise an employee who sexually assaulted a middle school student while working at the student’s school. The question was… Continue reading CA Supreme Court Set to Rule on Important Occurrence Issue Certified by Ninth Circuit