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About Daniel G. Enriquez

Daniel Enriquez is an associate at Carlton Fields in Miami, Florida. Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn.

Flooded: Court Finds “Named Windstorm” Coverage, and Not Flood Sublimit, Applies to Superstorm Sandy Water Damage Claim

February 28, 2020 by Daniel G. Enriquez

When the National Weather Service names a storm heading in your direction, you know to expect wind and water. This can create a quandary for property insurers. Is water damage from a named windstorm caused by the flood or the storm? This distinction can mean millions. In New Jersey Transit Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, a three-judge panel from the Superior Court of New Jersey held that the New Jersey Transit Corp. was entitled to $400 million in ... Keep Reading »

Florida Court Holds It Was “Miscarriage of Justice” to Deny Insurer Award of Appellate Fees

September 18, 2019 by Daniel G. Enriquez

One hundred dollar bills lit on fire

Florida's offer of judgment statute, Florida Statutes section 768.79, is a common technique for any litigator who wants to place additional risk on the plaintiff. The statute provides that if a defendant in a civil suit files an offer of judgment that is not accepted by the plaintiff within 30 days, the defendant shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs from the date of filing if the judgment is one of no liability or the judgment obtained by the ... Keep Reading »

Destination Arbitration: Court Holds Service-Of-Suit Clause Does Not Conflict With Policy’s Arbitration Requirement

May 17, 2019 by Daniel G. Enriquez

Arbitration Agreement

Coverage disputes often come down to the interplay between endorsements and the body of the policy. But this tension is not limited to terms addressing coverage. It can also extend to areas such as dispute resolution. In Southwest LTC-Management Services, LLC v. Lexington Insurance Co., No. 1:18-cv-00491-MAC (E.D. Tex. Apr. 17, 2019), the court held that a service-of-suit endorsement did not supersede the arbitration clause in the policy. A group of carriers paid $2.5 ... Keep Reading »

Related Decisions: Three Recent Cases Emphasize Breadth of “Related Wrongful Acts”

November 30, 2018 by Daniel G. Enriquez

Lady Justice

Third-party liability policies often include aggregation clauses. As the name suggests, these clauses aggregate "related claims" or "interrelated wrongful acts" into one claim or occurrence. This provides the parties with certainty as to when a claim was "first made" or when an occurrence "first occurred." These clauses often lead to litigation, with carriers and policyholders asserting narrow or broad readings of the language, depending on the desired result. A trio ... Keep Reading »

Defining ‘Logical Connection’: NC Federal Court Tackles ‘Related Claims’

July 6, 2018 by Daniel G. Enriquez

Insurance carriers and policyholders often argue about the scope of policy provisions. Generally, policyholders take an expansive view of insuring agreements, while carriers often construe them more narrowly. But not all coverage arguments follow these familiar lines. Take, for instance, the “related claims” debate. Most third-party liability policies contain aggregation language. Such policies deem “related claims” to be a single claim “first made” when the first ... Keep Reading »

Ninth Circuit Confirms Privacy Exclusion Bars TCPA Claims

November 3, 2017 by Daniel G. Enriquez

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Claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) present numerous issues for insurance companies and policyholders. Because TCPA claims lend themselves to class action suits, the potential exposure can be significant. For years, liability insurers have argued that invasion of privacy exclusions bar coverage for claims under the TCPA. These arguments received a boost when the Ninth Circuit held that “a liability insurance policy that unequivocally and broadly ... Keep Reading »

“Arising” tide for insurers: 11th Circuit takes expansive view of Prior Acts Exclusion

July 28, 2017 by Daniel G. Enriquez

National Bank & Trust

Claims-made policies often cover acts that occur before a policy period, so long as they result in a covered claim during the policy period. This is a fundamental difference between claims-made and occurrence policies. But the retroactive scope of a claims-made policy is not limitless. Many claims-made policies contain 'retroactive dates' that cut off an insurer's liability for occurrences before that date. Financial lines claims - as opposed to bodily injury or ... Keep Reading »

Blowing the Whistle on Willful Misconduct: California Court holds that False Claims Act Suits Are Uninsurable Due to Public Policy

March 31, 2017 by Daniel G. Enriquez

Willful misconduct is uninsurable. It is a fundamental principle of insurance, and it makes sense to both the lay and the lawyerly.  But few states go as far as to codify this principle in the insurance code. California is an exception. In Office Depot, Inc. v. AIG Specialty Insurance Company, Case No. 15-02416-SVW-LPRx (C.D. Cal. Jan. 4, 2017), the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California held that Section 533 of California’s Insurance Code relieved ... Keep Reading »

Subcontractor Exception Torpedoes Insurers’ Defense To Faulty Workmanship Claim

September 16, 2016 by Daniel G. Enriquez and Robert D. Helfand

Cypress Point Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Adria Towers, L.L.C.

As this blog has reported, a line of cases deciding coverage disputes over faulty workmanship runs against (or, at least, around) a basic rule for interpreting insurance policies.  Under that rule, the scope of coverage is determined by a policy’s insuring clause, which may be narrowed by one or more exclusions.  Exceptions to the exclusions can add back coverage that the exclusions remove, but they cannot create coverage beyond the ambit of the insuring clause.  E.g., ... Keep Reading »

How General is “General Aggregate?”

April 1, 2016 by Daniel G. Enriquez

“It’s a big enough umbrella, but it’s always me that ends up getting wet.”  - Sting (1981) “Here’s a second umbrella” – Montana Supreme Court (2016) Although the terms are often used interchangeably, there are several key differences between umbrella and excess coverage. One such distinction is that an umbrella policy can apply to multiple underlying policies. This makes it essential to clearly delineate and define the policy’s aggregate limit of liability— the maximum ... Keep Reading »

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