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Insurance Agency Denies Liability for Misrepresentations Related to Shooting

A Pennsylvania insurance agency is denying allegations by owners of a Pittsburgh apartment building that it is liable for the denial of a 2023 fire insurance claim and cancellation of the property’s policy because of misrepresentations related to a shooting …

Courts Find ‘How Many Apartment Units Are There?’ Is an Ambiguous Question

Because its application question about how many apartments were in a New York building was considered ambiguous, an insurer has lost its bid to deny a commercial property insurance claim and rescind the policy. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals …

Agent’s Failure to Disclose Dog Comes Back to Bite Homeowner

A Connecticut homeowner who is being sued by a woman who alleges his dog bit her in the face is not entitled to insurance coverage because his home insurance application, which was completed by his insurance agent, indicated he did …

Insurers, Agents Spared in New Jersey Shooting Claims

A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a New Jersey property owner is not entitled to insurance coverage for a shooting because it never disclosed it owned the banquet hall where the shooting took place on its two …

Rescinded Policies Owe No Coverage for Lead Paint Claims, Maryland High Court Rules

Insurers that rescinded general liability policies issued to landlords who misrepresented their exposure to lead paint claims owe no coverage to 12 plaintiffs who had not yet obtained final court judgments, Maryland’s high court ruled. The Court of Appeals on …

New York Insured’s Lies About Pool Voided Coverage for Apartment Building Fire

Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was within its rights to rescind insurance coverage for a New York apartment building fire after learning that the insured lied about having a swimming pool—on more than one occasion. A New York appeals court …

Starr Insurance Sues to Rescind Coverage for Plane Used by Lawyer Avenatti

An insurance unit of Starr International Company Inc. on Friday sued Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer known for his battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, to rescind coverage of an airplane that Avenatti used, according to a court document. Starr …

Liability Insurer Accuses Surgical Robot Maker of Hiding Injury Claims

It’s health insurers’ cardinal rule: disclose pre-existing conditions. Now comes a case in which that familiar decree involves not a patient, but rather a $1.5 million surgical robot known as the da Vinci system. Two insurance companies say da Vinci’s …