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Spring 2008 VOL. 16 NO. 1
- On The Edge
- By Eugene Wollan
- Governor Spitzer's Departure: What Remains on the Table
- By James Veach
- San Francisco Jury Trial Returns Verdict
- By Ellen G. Margolis
- As Sea Level Rises, So Does Corporate Risk (Part I)
- By John F. Parker, Greg D. Wyles, and Joseph Fanning
- Wasa v. Lexington - The War Between England and the American Colonies has Officially Ended
- By Robert E. Wilder and Sarah E. Rouse
- Florida's Misinterpreted, Misguided and Misunderstood Attorneys' Fee Statute
- By Ira S. Bergman
- Did I Say $107,000? I Really Meant $17,000... My Bad!
- By Marc E. Haas
- Burning Down the House: The Inferred Intent and Innocent Spouse Rules
- By Greg D. Wyles
Winter 2007 VOL. 15 NO. 4
- Judge-Made Law
- By Eugene Wollan
- Receiver Proposes to Pay Union Indemnity's Policyholders
- By James Veach
- Peralta v. Figueroa, 2007 NY Slip Op 52184(U) (Kings Co. Sup. Ct. Nov. 14,2007)
- By Daniel Markewich and Brianne Biggiani
- Court Tells Plaintiff to Ski at Her Own Risk
- By Frank J. DeAngelis
- Recent Developments In Patent Law and Infringement Lawsuits - Not So Obvious Concerns For Directors and Officers
- By Angelo G. Savino and Jacqueline K. Seidel
- Plain Meaning
- By Rochelle R. Watson
- How Sudden Is "Sudden?"
- By Michael P. Coleman
Fall 2007 VOL. 15 NO. 3
- Caught In The Draft
- By Eugene Wollan
- NAIC Shifts Course But Sails on Toward New Credit for Reinsurance Rules
- By Jim Veach
- Chauvin v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.: The U.S.C.A. Fifth Circuit Affirms Insurers' Approach to Louisiana's Valued Policy Law
- By Mark S. Katz
Summer 2007 VOL. 15 NO. 2
- We Just Don’t Get No Respect (With apologies to Mr. Dangerfield)
- By Eugene Wollan
- Ruling in Fight over NY Comptroller’s Subpoenas May Have Huge Unintended Consequences
- By James Veach
- Building Catastrophe Litigation
- By Mark J. Weber and Deanna M. Manzo
- Circuit Courts Curtail Availability of Class Certification in Securities Litigation
- By Angelo G. Savino
- Follow The Settlements: Under What Circumstances is it Applicable to Allocation and Aggregation Determinations?
- By Robert E. Wilder
- “A Spot Transaction by Any Other Name....”
- By David Kenna and Victoriya Blackhall
- More on Policy Construction
- By Michael L. Blauvelt
- Looking Back at Previous Articles
- By Michael L. Blauvelt
Spring 2007 VOL. 15 NO. 1
- Where There’s A Will…
- By Eugene Wollan
- AIRROC Matters Special Editor
- James Veach
- MCWG Successfully Overturns Multimillion Dollar Verdict
- By Jeffrey C. Crawford and Renee M. Plessner
- NAIC Contemplates New Credit for Reinsurance Rules: The REO Proposal
- By James Veach
- Federal Rules Amended for Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
- By Bruce Kaliner
- Aztar — Summary of Order Denying Motion to Compel Reserve and Reinsurance Discovery
- By Mark S. Katz and Thomas A. Southwick
- Breaking the Mold on Mold Claims: Plaintiffs Burned by Frye Standard
- By Kenneth R. Lange
- Did the Earth Move?
- By Michael L. Blauvelt
Winter 2006 VOL. 14 NO. 4
- Midland Insurance Company, in Liquidation: Twenty Years Later, Focus Turns to Reinsurers
- By James Veach and Lloyd A. Gura
- Risks Not Taken
- By Eugene Wollan
- You Have a Duty to Read This Article…
- Innocence At Large
- By Michael L. Blauvelt
- Insurer Must Pay Expenses Incurred to Prevent Subsequent Damage
- By Deanna M. Manzo
Fall 2006 VOL. 14 NO. 3
- A Myth is as Good as a Smile
- By Eugene Wollan
- Avian Flu: Assessing the Risk
- By Lawrence S. Greengrass and William C. Kolb
- Timing of Option Grants and D&O Liability
- By Angelo G. Savino and Russell A. Witten
Summer 2006 VOL. 14 NO. 2
- Settling Down
- By Eugene Wollan
- When Torts, Immigration Law Collide II” — The New York Court of Appeals Weighs In
- By John F. Parker & Russell A. Witten
- Are Certificates of Insurance Worth the Paper They’re Printed On?
- By Frank J. DeAngelis
- Replacement Cost
- By Miles Holden
Spring 2006 VOL. 14 NO.1
- A Modest Proposal or “Take My Witness...Please”
- By Eugene Wollan
- Molestation Claims — Legislative and Judicial Developments Regarding the Statute of Limitations
- By Lloyd Gura and Douglas Eisenstein
- When Torts, Immigration Law Collide — The Courts Struggle to Find Just Remedies When Undocumented Workers are Injured on the Job.
- By John F. Parker & Russell Witten
- The Reinsurance Response to Ceding Carriers’ Attempts to Aggregate Losses From Different Types of Underlying Policies in Order to Pierce the Retention Limit
- By Olga Sekulic
- Against All Precedent: The First Circuit’s Decision In Marie v. Allied Home Mortgage Corp.
- By Sanjit Shah
Winter 2005 VOL. 13 NO.4
- Calhoun Vivat
- by Eugene Wollan
- Managing Metadata
- by Bruce R. Kaliner
- Reinsurance and Reserve Information Discoverable
- by Thomas Southwick
- Business Interruption Coverage
- by Andrew J. Weinstein
- Roofing Concerns
- by Jodi S. Tesser
- Aggregated Jurisdictional Amount
- by Elaine F. Harwell
Fall 2005, VOL. 13 NO.3
- Oh, I Didn't Mean That - Reformation and Other Insurance Tales
- by Costantino P. Suriano
- Period of Restoration for Business Income Loss: Actual or Theoretical - Only the Judge Knows for Sure
- by Frederic R. Mindlin
- Off-Premises Defense Washed Up? Two Courts Rule for Plaintiffs on Second-hand Asbestos Claims
- by William D. Wilson
- Late Notice in New York
- by Brad E. Feigenbaum
- Mold Exclusion Held Ineffective
- by Olga Seculik
- Mold Strikes Again
- by Gretchen Henninger
Summer 2005, VOL. 13 NO.2
- War of Experts
- by Eugene Wollan
- When is Nonrenewal Permissible
- by Frank J. DeAngelis
- Really Late Notice
- by Eric Voigt
- Strict Interpretation of Civil Authority Provision
- by Gina Pellegrino
- Failure to Comply with a Reasonable EUO Demand Bars Coverage
- by Jonathan M. Proman
- Excess Insurer's Right to Challenge Exhaustion of Underlying Policies for Asbestos Claims is Limited
- by Paul S. Danner
Spring 2005, VOL. 13 NO.1
- “You May Cross-Examine”
- By Eugene Wollan
- Special Consideration on Accessing Capital Markets in the United States
- By Albert J. Pinzon, Michael R. Koblenz and Thomas R. Weinberger
- Escaping the Draft - A Caution to Lawyers and Experts Preparing Expert Reports
- By Mia S. Temech
- The Travails of a Lloyd's Name
- By Kristen Hackford
- Settlement Clause Knocks Nonsettling Insurers Out of the Game
- By Fabio M. Gomez
- Mold Exclusions in Insurance Policies: The Complex Balance Between the Application of the Anti-concurrent Provisions and the Proximate Cause Doctrine
- By Laure A. Fourteau
- Hurricane Damage Results in Face Value Liability for Wind Insurer
- By Dawn L. Goldberg
Winter 2004, VOL 12, NO.4
- Mix and Match
- By Eugene Wollan
- The Many Faces of the Sophisticated User Defense
- By John F. Parker and Maria C. John
- The Future That Did Not Come
- By Aaron F. Fishbein
- Minnesota Federal Court Interprets Scope of “Period of Restoration” Under Business Interruption Policy
- By Jacqueline K. Seidel
- Physical Damage Cannot be Measured in Par
- By Joshua L. Milrad
- Ninth Circuit Rules on Loss in Progress
- By Raymond S. Mastrangelo
Fall 2004, VOL. 12, NO. 3
- Black and White from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- Negligent Spoliation of Evidence: New York Court of Appeals Speaks Out
- By Frederic R. Mindlin
- Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
- By Ellen M. Spindler
- Insurer Prevails on the Meaning of “Collapse"
- By Antoinette Banks
- Reinsurers Can Avoid Payments Because of a Breach of Warranty
- By Christine Wong
Summer 2004, VOL 12, NO. 2
- On a Jag from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- Courts Differ on Defect Exclusion
- By John Mezzacappa
- SARS: First-Party Insurance Coverage for SARS and Other Infectious Diseases
- By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and Mark S. Katz
- Depositions of Non-Party Witnesses
- By Robert E. Wilder
- Consolidations of Arbitrations Under the Federal Arbitration Act
- By Barry Bassis
- Arbitration: Saying No To Mean Yes
- By Allison J. Gigante
- Ensuing Losses
- By William C. Kolb
- Annualization of Claims
- By Paula M. Tziavragos
Spring 2004, VOL. 12, NO. 1
- Reinsurance Specialist Reflects on 47 Years from BestWeek
- By Barbara Bowers, BestWeek
- The Expanding Role of Contingent Business Interruption Insurance
- By Bruce R. Kaliner
- Do Arbitrators Have the Power to Impose Confidentiality
- By Lawrence S. Greengrass and Brigitte M. Nahas
- Mold: An Insurance Overview, Part 1
- By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and Douglas K. Eisenstein
- Mold: An Insurance Overview: Part 2
- By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and Douglas K. Eisenstein
- The Time Factor in Business Income Loss Insurance
- By Frederic R. Mindlin and Mark S. Katz
- Inadequate Reserves as a Basis for Rescission
- By Barry Bassis
- New Hampshire Federal Court Overrules Defendant’s Venue Objection
- By Daniel J. Endick
Fall / Winter 2003
- Travel Notes From All Over from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- Getting Rid of Mold, Fungus and Rot
- By Hilary M. Henkind
- Looming Asbestos Liabilities Raise Coverage Questions
- By Lloyd Gura and Barry Bassis
- Electronic Data Need Careful Handling
- By Bruce R. Kaliner
- When is a Novation Not a Novation?
- By Kenneth R. Lange
- “Follow the Form” Clauses
- By Suresh N. Coelho
Summer 2003, VOL.11, NO.1
- (Un)Fair Game from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- Checklist for the Careful Commuter
- By James Veach
- Insurer Tries to Avoid Arbitration Clause But District Court Won’t Bite
- By Andrew Weinstein
- Dispute Over Reinsurance Proceeds Is Arbitrable Thanks to Arbitration Clause in Related Novation Agreement
- By Andrew Weinstein
- Buried Construction Debris-Appellate Court Refuses to “Settle” for Trial Court Rationale
- By Jamen Michael Lachs
Winter 2001, VOL.9, NO.4
- Direct Actions Against Equitas: The Debate Continues
- By Maria Fazzolari
- Following the Fortunes Down an Ever Widening Road
- By Allison J. Gigante
- The Long Arm’s Reach in the Current Global Marketplace
- By Jason M. Lesko
- What’s All the Civil Commotion About?
- By Renee Plessner
- Auld Lang Syne from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- Defamation in Cyberspace
- By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and Alyssa DeSimone
Fall / Winter 2001, VOL.10, NO.2
- In Minnesota, Failure to File Proof Of Loss Within 60 Days Is Not An Automatic Bar to Recovery
- By Bernadette K. Kirwin
- To Follow Or Not To Follow
- By James M. Dennis
- Insect Infestation & “Ensuing Damages” Interpreted Under Homeowners Policy
- By Daniel J. Endick
- Vince Had it Right from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- The Chicken and the Egg from the New York Law Journal
- By Costantino P. Suriano
Spring / Summer 2001, VOL.10, NO.1
- When Is An Agent Not An Agent?
- By Brian F. Boardingham
- Cracking Up
- By William C. Kolb
- Sinking Sinkholes
- By David A. Nelson
- What Is “Property Damage” in Wisconsin?
- By E. Tim McAuliffe, Jr.
- Following Foolish Fortunes from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Fall 2000, VOL.9, NO.3
- Concurrent or Consecutive Causation in Property Insurance Claims
- By Aaron F. Fishbein
- New Jersey Appellate Court Adopts Manifestation Trigger for First-Party Claims
- By William D. Wilson
- Late Notice and Prejudice
- By Lauren G. Dome
- A Claim By Any Other Name Still Is A Claim
- By David W. Kenna
- “To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate” from Global Reinsurance
- By Lawrence S. Greengrass and Michael H. Goldstein
Summer 2000, VOL.9, NO.2
- District Court Watches Its Pro-Coverage Decision Slip Sliding Away
- By David W. Kenna
- Fifth Amendment - A Sword & A. Shield for Insureds?
- By Maria C. John
- Trigger of Business Interruption Coverage
- By Elisa T. Gilbert
- Employer Liability in New York: A Disappearing Concept
- By John F. Parker and Alyssa DeSimone
- By Cup Boileth Over from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- “Unique Weather Claims: Snow Removal, Sue & Labor, and Ingress and Egress"
- By Costantino P. Suriano
Spring 2000, VOL.9, NO.1
- In A New York Minute
- By Joseph W. Ferraro
- Limits on Unigard
- By David S. Mahaffey
- I Swear to Tell the Truth - Misrepresentations on Insurance Applications
- By Hilary M. Henkind
- Innocence Has Nothing To Dread, Or So It Seemed
- By Doreen Cronin
- New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Underlying Insurer Not Liable To Excess Insurer For Bad Faith Refusal To Settle First-Party Claim
- By William D. Wilson
- “Nothing New Under the Sun?” from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Winter 1999, VOL.8, NO.4
- When Is A Leak Not A Leak
- By Frank J. DeAngelis
- Cooperation Clause v. The Fifth Amendment And The Winner is
- By Lauren G. Dome
- Unintended Consequences Of An Intentional Act Can Constitute An Occurrence
- By Aaron J. Fishbein
- California Maximizes Coverage for Continuous Property Damage
- By Diane E. Goldberg
- A View From the Colonies from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Fall 1999, VOL.8, NO.3
- Go Ask My Lawyer
- By Renee Plessner
- Limits On The Long Arm Of The Law
- By David S. Mahaffey
- Sub-Contractor Is Not A Co-Insured
- By David W. Kenna
- In Good Hands
- By David W. Kenna
- Allocation of Continuous Damage Losses from the Journal of Insurance Coverage
- By Stuart Cotton and Philip C. Silverberg
Summer 1999, VOL.8, NO.2
- A Pleading By Any Other Name Is Just A Pleading
- By Lauren G. Dome
- Conflicts of Interest: Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Cumis Counsel Doctrine
- By Joseph W. Ferraro
- No Bootstrapping Permitted
- By Aaron F. Fishbein
- When Is An Occurrence Not An Occurrence When It Is A Breach Of Contract
- By Lloyd A. Gura
- Chart(er)ing A Course: Another Reinsurance Milestone from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Spring 1999, VOL.8, NO.1
- Fire And Ice
- By David S. Mahaffey
- Work Product Privilege Applies to Reinsurance Documents In Illinois
- By David W. Kenna
- Contamination Is Not Pollution
- By Erach F. Screwvala
- A Modern Collapse
- By Doreen Cronin
- Turning the Corner from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- Y2K: A First-Party Perspective from Mealey’s Litigation Report
- By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and David W. Kenna
Winter 1998, VOL.7, NO.4
- Southern District of New York Applies New York Insurance Law Section 1213 to Strike Unauthorized Pleadings For Failing to Post Security
- By Elisa T. Gilbert
- The Argonaut Decision: A Federal Court Declines an Invitation to “Rewrite” an Arbitration Agreement Provision Regarding the Selection of Arbitrators
- By Diana E. Goldberg
- A Portion of the Loss
- By Michael T. Altman
- Texas Loosens Its Grip on Insurers with Respect to Bad Faith Claims
- By Christina M. Wood
- Sing a Song of Reinsurance from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Fall 1998, VOL.7, NO.3
- Support Your Local Arsonist Or the Tilted Playing Field in New York
- No Author Cited
- Has the Flood Exclusion Been Washed Away
- By Aaron F. Fishbein
- Innocent Co-Insurers
- By Hilary Henkind
- Follow the Fortunes - But Not for Ex Gratia Payments
- By Mitchell D. Otto
- Jury Selection in Insurance Fraud Trials
- By Mitchell S. Cohen
- A Less Known Right from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Summer 1998, VOL.7, NO.2
- Claims of Failure to Pay By Reinsurers Not Arbitrable
- By Todd A. Bakal
- Arbitration Agreements: Ninth circuit Upholds Judicial Review in Deference to Terms of Parties’ Agreement
- By Jennifer Cheesman
- A Blow To The Known Loss Doctrine
- By Lauren G. Dome
- Reinsureds’ Obligation Under the Uberrimae Fidei Doctrine
- By Kevin F. Buckley
- Now They’re Liable, Now They’re Not; NRG Victory Re’s Victory
- By Renee Plessner
- McCarran-Ferguson — Not! from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Spring 1998, VOL.7, NO.1
- U.K. Arbitrators Construe Hand-Written Settlement Agreement
- By Mark S. Katz
- Who Says Being a “Creep” is an “Inherent Vice”? A Judge in New York
- By Frank J. DeAngelis
- Quackenbush
- By Joyce D. Dillon
- Is an Arbitraiton Panel a “Tribunal”?
- By David W. Kenna
- New York Federal Judge Holds Multiple Deductibles Applies to Pollution Spills
- By Ronnie A. Rifkin
- Too Little, Too Late
- By Marilu Cain
- Kissing Cousins or Distant Relations from Mealey’s Litigation Report: Reinsurance
- By Michael H. Goldstein
- Almost a Juror from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Fall/Winter 1997, VOL.6, NO.6
- In-House Counsel: The Ethical Dilemma
- No Authors Cited
- Rock and Roll But Not an Earthquake
- No Authors Cited
- New York Court of Appeals Extends Effectiveness of Lease Subrogation Waiver Provisions
- No Authors Cited
- Loss Allocation
- No Authors Cited
- When Is a Precedent Not a Precedent? from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
- Bellafonte Lives from Mealey’s Litigation Report: Reinsurance
- By Michael H. Goldstein
Summer 1997, VOL.6, NO.4
- First-Party Coverage for Environmental Claims: Limited to Policy Coverage Period
- No Authors Cited
- A Long-Tail Property Insurance Claim: Payment to Mortgagee Questioned Sixteen Years Later
- No Authors Cited
- In Personam Jurisdiction
- No Authors Cited
- Union Indemnity: A $48 Million Settlement Wipes out $200 Million in Reinsurance
- No Authors Cited
- IN MEMORIAM
- “Innocent” Loss Payees Victims of Insured’s Misrepresentations from the John Liner Review
- By Eugene Wollan
Winter 1996, VOL.6, NO.3
- Second Circuit holds that New York’s six-year statute of limitations does not run in a reinsurance contract action until the reinsurer refuses to pay
- No Authors Cited
- New York Superintendent of Insurance pares down and rewrites his Department’s Insurance regulations and circular letters
- No Authors Cited
- New York appellate court confirms arbitration awardBy only one of three panel members
- No Authors Cited
- Subrogating insurer allowed to settle with and release wrongdoer while its insured’s suit against the same wrongdoer is pending
- No Authors Cited
- The House of Lords to decide whether cedants must “actually pay” claims ceded to excess of loss treaties before their reinsures must indemnify
- No Authors Cited
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