In this First Circuit appeal, the Court outlined the fine line that distinguishes when an insurer may refuse to defend a complaint based on its allegations alone.
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Capitol Specialty Ins. Must Pay Exotic Dancer $6.5 Million under c. 93A for Unfair Claim Practices
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed $6.5 million of the $8.4 million unfair claim practice judgment that Capitol Specialty Insurance Corporation had appealed from the United States District Court sitting in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Green Mountain Must Cover Death Claims That Occurred On Uninsured Premises
The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of Massachusetts has decided what it called a “close” case, Green Mountain Insurance Company v. Wakelin.
Metropolitan Must Pay Salem Homeowner For Fire Loss Despite “Innocent Co-Insured Doctrine”
Federal court rules standard fire policy bars innocent insured exclusion when other insured intentionally caused loss.
Great Article on Certificates of Insurance
October 18 – LexisNexis selected The Insurance Coverage Law in Massachusetts Blog as a Top 50 Insurance Community Law blog in 2008, 2009 and 2011.