Top Ten: Procedural Options to Resolve Conflicts of Interest
INTRODUCTION When an insurer reserves its rights to later deny coverage it always creates some conflicts of interest with its policyholder. But “not every...
Top Ten: Policyholder Coverage Responses
INTRODUCTION When a defendant with liability insurance gets sued, the insurer has ten critical coverage decisions to make. If the insurer challenges coverage, the...
Top Ten Insurer Coverage Decisions
When a policyholder gets sued and notifies a liability insurer, the insurer has ten critical coverage decisions to make. The policyholder may respond to...
Top Ten: Policyholder Strategies
1. Adversaries: Are the Policyholder and the Reserving Insurer at War? 2. Acquiescence: Should the Policyholder Yield to the Insurer’s Reservation? 3. Quick Fixes:...
Top Ten: Surprising Truths When Coverage Is Denied
1: Control: A policyholder-client may retain control of the conduct of the defense and the development of evidence by simply withholding consent for...
Top Ten: Surprising Liability Insurance Laws
1. An insurer reserves its rights to protect its rights against the policyholder and the plaintiff, creating conflicts of interest that permit the...