There has been significant state insurance regulatory activity related to the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic – which continues to evolve. State insurance regulatory authorities have issued...

A business email compromise (BEC) is a cyber crime that utilizes access to an organization's email to defraud that organization and its employees, customers, or partners. BEC attacks can take a...

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") has issued FAQs and provided updates that clarify various aspects of its recently issued data call for premiums and claims data regarding...

Wilson Elser's COVID-19 Liability Claims Playbooks for General Liability and Employment Liability are now available for download.

M&A partners and co-leaders of Mayer Brown's Transactional Liability Insurance practice Joe Castelluccio and William Kucera, along with Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Robert Harrell and associate Andrew Elkhoury, ...

The coronavirus is undoubtedly going to create contract disputes in ways that we cannot fully imagine. Parties will call their attorneys asking if they can send default ...

While most of society struggles to flatten the curve, treat the sick and restart the economy, regrettably, some bad actors have used the COVID-19 emergency as an opportunity to exploit vulnerabilities for personal gain.

The insured filed suit seeking coverage under the Business Income, Civil Authority and Extra Expense provisions of the policy.

Revised New Jersey Executive Directive No. 20-020 Requires Hospitals to Allow Support Person for Pregnant Patients During Labor

On January 24, 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court in AC Ocean Walk, LLC v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company issued a unanimous...

On December 9, 2021, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed insurers an enormous victory when it issued four decisions affirming the dismissal of lawsuits seeking business income coverage for losses sustained from the COVID-19 closure orders.

We previously wrote about the growing likelihood that insurance companies would face claims for business interruption and contingent business interruption insurance claims as their insureds looked to cope with ...

The federal court of appeals in Chicago affirmed the dismissal of COVID-19 business interruption insurance lawsuits filed by a variety of Illinois businesses seeking coverage for lost income.

n February 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Department of the Treasury, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued subregulatory guidance...

March 2021 marks one-year since COVID-19 took over the United States, rattling the U.S. M&A markets, and grinding deals to a virtual standstill.

On April 13, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a press release warning the public about several emerging health care fraud schemes related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To date, approximately 150 business-interruption insurance coverage lawsuits have been filed in federal courts arising from COVID-19 and related government-ordered restrictions.

Due to the volume of state insurance regulatory activity during the COVID-19 outbreak, the first section of this Legal Update now includes a topical overview that summarizes the major categories of actions

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses across the country filed claims for business interruption coverage with their insurance carriers, most, if not all of which, were denied.

Does the business harm caused by COVID-19 qualify as "direct physical loss" for insurance purposes? In Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, Index No. 655755/2021...