Insurance Law AlertSimpson Thacher
November 6, 2012
12 pages
In this Issue:
- Ninth Circuit Retreats From Previous Ruling Imposing Duty to Seek Settlement Proactively
- New York Court Rejects Insurer’s Rescissionary Damages Claim for Mortgage-Backed Securities Policy
- Pollution Exclusion Relieves Insurer of Duty to Defend Bodily Injury Lead Claims, Says Missouri Court
- Ohio Court Dismisses Claims Against Excess Insurers on Justiciability Grounds
- Late Notice Ruling as to Initial Complaint Does Not Automatically Apply to Amended Complaint, Says Eleventh Circuit
- Illinois Court Enforces Follow the Settlements Clause and Rejects Reinsurer’s Late Notice Defense
- New Jersey Court Addresses Late Notice Under Retrocessional Contracts
- New York’s Highest Court Rules That Earth Movement Exclusion Applies to “Man Made” Causes
- Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Global Warming Nuisance Suit
- Fifth Circuit Affirms That Reservation of Rights Does Not Create Conflict of Interest for Purposes of Selecting Defense Counsel
