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• The Legal Ramifications of Errors and Omissions ( January 2003 )
  Michael J. Cawley of Margolis Edelstein

  Increasingly, insurance agents and brokers are becoming targets in insurance coverage disputes between insurers and insureds. This development is the result of a number of causes. One cause is the "tightening" up of language contained in the policies issued by insurers to insureds. In years past, brokers could argue for coverage on behalf of their insureds/customers by focusing on "ambiguity" in the policies.

• Ninth Circuit: Insurers' Knowledge That Brokers Issue Standard Form Certificates of Insurance May Clothe Broker With Ostensible Authority To Add Additional Insureds To Policies ( July 1999 )
  

  This alert reviews the Ninth Circuit's opinion in American Casualty Company v. Krieger, whereby the court held a broker may have ostensible authority to add additional insured to a Commercial General Liability Policy.

• Failure To Read Policy Does Not Make Insured Contributory Negligent ( February 2000 )
  Tydings & Rosenberg LLP

  In <I>Johnson & Higgins of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Hale Shipping Corporation</I>, 121 Md. App. 426 (1998), the Maryland Court of Special Appeals held that Hale Shipping Corporation ("Hale Shipping") relied on Johnson & Higgins, a marine insurance broker, and therefore, its failure to read the insurance policies did not make Hale Shipping contributory negligent or bar its breach of contract claim.

• Errors and Omissions: Whoops… Your Agent Left You Un-Covered. ( January 2000 )
  Barry Fischer

  The hurricanes struck and now you find out that your homeowner's policy doesn't include wind and flood coverage, es.

• Checklist of Documents Required from Associations in Litigation ( June 1999 )
  Thomas E. Miller of Thomas E. Miller Law Office

  When an association enters into any form of litigation, whether with a homeowner, a builder or contractor, the .

• Reading the Radar: What is Happening with the Insurance Industry and Financial Service Providers ( June 1999 )
  The Law Offices of Robert K. Scott A Professional Corporation

  More and more life insurers now recognize that banks possess powerful advantages including .

• Recent Revisions to New York Excess Line Statutes ( December 1997 )
  Rosenman & Colin LLP

  On July 21, 1997, Governor Pataki signed Senate Bill 18, which revises New York's excess line broker law, effective.