California Allows Contractors Formed As LLCs To Access Surplus Lines Carriers
By Dennis G. Rolstad, Sedgwick San Francisco On August 16, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB1236, a bill that allows contractors organized as limited liability companies to obtain...
View ArticleCalifornia Senate Introduces Bills to Expand Abuse Claims
By Alex Potente, Sedgwick San Francisco For our readers who are involved in insuring public and private entities against sexual abuse claims, you may be interested to know that legislation to reform...
View ArticleNew Jersey Legislature Passes Superstorm Sandy Bill of Rights
By Ryan Chapoteau, Sedgwick New York We previously reported on the New Jersey legislature’s attempt to pass reform bills as a response to Superstorm Sandy. Although New Jersey Assembly Bill A3710 died...
View ArticleOffshore Professional Risk in 2014
By Mark Chudleigh, Chen Foley, Nick Miles, and Alex J. Potts, Sedgwick Bermuda From the Cayman Islands to Hong Kong, there’s a lot going on in the world of offshore litigation and law reform. In this...
View ArticleIs it a Car or A Street Legal Robot: Insurance Issues for Autonomous Vehicles
In mid-September, Mercedes-Benz became the latest car company to get a license to test self-driving vehicles in California. Earlier in the month, GM announced that they will offer a hands-free...
View ArticleNew California Law Sets the Stage for Insurance Regulation of Uber, Lyft
By Kara DiBiasio, Sedgwick San Francisco The emergence and success of ridesharing companies has sparked questions and debates over the gaps in insurance coverage created when private drivers offer...
View ArticleColorado Supreme Court Holds that the Notice-Prejudice Rule Does Not Apply to...
By Eryk Gettel, Sedgwick San Francisco Like many jurisdictions, Colorado’s notice-prejudice rule generally provides that an insured who fails to provide timely notice of a claim does not lose policy...
View ArticleNew York Assembly Presents Insurance Reform Overhaul in Wake of Superstorm Sandy
By Ryan C. Chapoteau, Sedgwick New York We previously reported on the New Jersey Legislature’s attempts to enact a bill that would allow policyholders to sue an insurer for bad faith in the wake of...
View ArticleThe Flying Insurance Adjuster—Implications of Insurers’ Use of Drones
By Hilary Rowen, San Francisco Insurers perform property inspections in connection with underwriting to determine if the property meets their standards for issuing coverage, and to determine the...
View ArticleSpecial Licenses Would Stall the Ascent of Self-Driving Cars
By Hilary Rowen, Sedgwick San Francisco I will be a guinea pig. Shortly, I will be sitting in a simulator at the Stanford University Center for Design Research generating data on how ordinary drivers...
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