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Eleventh Circuit Holds Buzz Words in Arbitration Demand Insufficient to Trigger Duty to Defend

November 10, 2022 by Miguel Rodriguez

On November 8, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida that Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Co. did not have a duty to defend Global Travel International Inc. in an arbitration between Global Travel and Qualpay Inc. despite Global Travel’s best efforts to bring the claim within coverage. Global Travel and Qualpay entered into a merchant card processing agreement pursuant to which Global Travel ... Keep Reading »

Eleventh Circuit Finds Claims-Made Policy’s “Correlating Claims” Provision Substantially Similar to “Related Claims” Provisions

October 28, 2022 by Roben West

In Datamaxx Applied Technologies Inc. v. Brown & Brown Inc., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the insurer, finding no merit in the insured’s argument that the analysis for construing a “correlating claims” provision differed substantially from the analysis in construing a “related claims” provision. In doing so, the Eleventh Circuit found that the insurer owed no duty to indemnify the insured for a claim ... Keep Reading »

Insurer Not Liable for Law Firm Accused of Violating North Carolina Driver’s Privacy Protection Act

October 21, 2022 by Novera H. Ahmad

A federal judge recently granted Nationwide’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that it had no duty to defend or indemnify a personal injury law firm and its founder in an underlying lawsuit alleging violations of North Carolina’s Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA). In AMCO Insurance Co. v. Van Laningham & Associates PLLC, U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III ruled that Bradley Law Group’s alleged violations of the DPPA did not involve the publication of ... Keep Reading »

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of First-Party Property Complaint for Failure to Meet Pleading Standard

October 7, 2022 by J. Kent Crocker

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The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in M&M Sisters LLC v. Scottsdale Insurance Co., affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an insured’s third amended complaint against its insurance carrier for failure to state a claim for relief without further leave to amend. The plaintiffs, M&M Sisters LLC and its two owners Bertha Garcia and Maria Mendez, purchased a commercial general liability policy from the defendant, Scottsdale Insurance Co., covering an ... Keep Reading »

No Coverage Under Cybercrime Endorsement for Florida Fraudulent Wire Transfer

September 23, 2022 by Lauren Silk

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In Star Title Partners of Palm Harbor LLC v. Illinois Union Insurance Co., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment for the insurer and held that coverage did not exist under the plain language of a cybersecurity policy’s cybercrime endorsement for a Florida title company that was fraudulently induced to wire funds to the account of a fraudster impersonating a mortgage lender. In summer 2019, Star Title was hired by a homeowner to facilitate the sale of ... Keep Reading »

Investment Advisory Firm’s Unlawful Copying and Distribution of Industry Publication to Firm Employees Not Covered by Professional Liability Policy

September 16, 2022 by Benjamin Stearns

A California court recently held that an investment advisory firm’s losses stemming from its alleged copying and distribution of Oil Daily, an energy industry publication, to the firm’s advisers were not covered by investment advisory professional liability policies the firm had procured. Energy Intelligence Group Inc. is the publisher of “newsletters and other publications for the highly-specialized global energy industry,” including Oil Daily. Energy Intelligence ... Keep Reading »

Fifth Circuit Leans on Well-Established Contractual Interpretation Doctrine to Preclude Coverage Under General Liability Policy

September 9, 2022 by Chad W. Dunham

  To paraphrase Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., a case “which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment” makes bad law. In the face of exceptionally tragic circumstances, however, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals resisted the urge to let its emotions carry the day. In Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. Discovering Me Academy LLC, the court instead adhered to well-established principles of Texas contract law to preclude coverage under a policy issued by ... Keep Reading »

Federal Court Rejects Computer Fraud Coverage for Social Engineering Loss

August 31, 2022 by Amanda Proctor

In SJ Computers LLC v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota recently addressed the scope of insurance available for a phishing scheme under the terms of a crime policy. The fact pattern leading to the insurance claim in SJ Computers is a familiar one: SJ Computers’ purchasing manager received fraudulent invoices from a bad actor purporting to be a legitimate vendor, ERI Direct. The invoices directed SJ ... Keep Reading »

Sixth Circuit Finds Unregistered Security Exclusion Bars Professional Liability Claim

August 19, 2022 by Andrew Daechsel

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In Saoud v. Everest Indemnity Insurance Co., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an “unregistered security exclusion” barred coverage for various underlying lawsuits under a professional liability policy. The policyholder, William Saoud, was in the business of selling insurance-related products, such as annuities, life insurance, and long-term health care products. In 2017 and 2018, Saoud sold some of his clients an investment product called the 1 Global ... Keep Reading »

Ninth Circuit Finds Settlement and Two-Year Limitations Statute Barred “Bad Faith” Workers’ Compensation Suit by Man Struck by Lightning

August 12, 2022 by Miguel Rodriguez

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In Larson v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that, under Hawaii law, unambiguous broad settlement release language and the two-year tort statute of limitations barred claims that Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. somehow improperly handled a workers’ compensation claim. In February 2002, Lonnie Larson filed for workers’ compensation under his Liberty policy, claiming that he was struck by lightning during the course of ... Keep Reading »

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