Posted In: Insurance Recovery
Insurance Blog: Insurance Coverage for Government Investigations
By Stacy RC Berliner on March 12, 2020
When a company is served with a subpoena the focus is not insurance coverage. Government investigations are expensive, and coverage may be necessary to fight the inquiry, especially in prolonged investigations....
Posted In: Insurance Recovery
Insurance Blog: I Can't Get Product, I'm Losing Money, Is There Coverage for the Coronavirus?
By Stacy RC Berliner on February 20, 2020
In a global economy, companies are increasingly dependent upon their foreign facilities and foreign suppliers to provide products, parts or raw materials. When a pandemic disease occurs that shuts-down facilities, there can be a financial ripple effect causing disruptions in supply chains. While the insurance industry learned from past epidemics like SARS and Ebola, and added specific exclusions to preclude coverage, a policyholder would be wise to review its policies to see if there is an ability to recover any losses....
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Insurance Blog: Washington Supreme Court Breathes New Life in Standard of Proof for Additional Insured Coverage
By Stacy RC Berliner on October 22, 2019
Traditionally certificates of insurance have been considered evidence of additional insured status, but do not, standing alone, establish additional insured status. Rather, the additional insured is required to prove its status through a copy of the actual policy or endorsement identifying it as an additional insured....
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Insurance Blog: Five Must-Haves for Avoiding Risky Disasters -- Insurance Procurement Clauses
By Stacy RC Berliner on June 11, 2019
When drafting contracts, parties usually spend the majority of the time negotiating the warranty, project/product specification, and price provisions....
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Insurance Blog: Ohio Court Adopts Integrated System Approach to Deny Coverage for Non-Conforming Integrated Products
By Stacy RC Berliner on February 19, 2019
On January 23, 2019, the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas held that a non-conforming ingredient integrated into pediatric formula did not constitute property damage to the remaining non-policyholder ingredients or formula....
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