Business Interruption Insurance: Post-Pandemic Litigation Developments

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners intensified its regulatory focus on artificial intelligence governance, third-party data models, and cybersecurity oversight at its Summer 2026 meeting. Regulators are shifting from principles-based guidance to examination-ready supervisory tools, emphasizing that insurers remain accountable for the technologies and vendors they deploy. The meeting revealed how AI risk evaluation, vendor oversight frameworks, and privacy modernization efforts are convergin

On December 16, Verisk Analytics, a leading provider of data analytics and related services to the insurance industry, including rooftop aerial measurement products, announced that it was terminating its efforts to acquire EagleView Technologies, an aerial image provider whose product is utilized in rooftop aerial measurement products.

A federal court in Ohio has ruled that an occupational disease exclusion in a commercial general liability policy bars coverage for PFAS-related personal injury claims brought by firefighters against a manufacturer of firefighting equipment. This landmark decision could significantly impact how insurers respond to PFAS product liability claims and may extend beyond occupational disease exclusions to other policy provisions using similarly broad language.

Earlier today, a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found independent insurance producers Michael Binday, James Kergil, and Mark Resnick guilty of mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses.

Insurance Transaction and Regulatory partner Daniel A. Rabinowitz's article titled "Four Current Regulatory Risks Facing US Insurers" appeared in the March 2021 issue of Financier Worldwide.

The NAIC has spent four years overhauling capital requirements for life insurance companies' investments in collateralized loan obligations, introducing dramatic changes that will reshape how insurers allocate capital across their investment portfolios. These new rules, which account for credit spectrum positioning and tranche thickness for the first time, will force insurers to model significant impacts before year-end 2026 implementation.

The Michigan Supreme Court reversed a lower appellate court's decision and held that statements made during discovery, after a lawsuit for No-Fault benefits...

What happens when the Expected or Intended Exclusion and the Information Exclusion bump up against a policyholder's suit for breach of contract

Barry J. Muller is featured in the Law360 article, "Utica Mutual Must Defend Broker In Suit, NJ Court Says."

A data breach exposes thousands of customer records. An employee falls for a phishing email and wires $200,000 to a fraudulent account. A vendor’s compromised software infects your network.

Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced a settlement with TPC Group, Inc. and TPC Group LLC (collectively, "TPC"), to resolve lawsuits alleging that TPC violated Texas law through conduct that resulted in an explosion that leveled a chemical manufacturing facility in Port Neches, Texas.

Thirteen Democratic AGs, led by Colorado AG Phil Weiser, have moved to intervene in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California's review of an antitrust settlement...

On December 5, 2024, the New York City Council approved with modifications the NYC Department of City Planning's (DCP) City of Yes for Housing Opportunity...

The United States Embassy in India today announced it is implementing a new visa processing system throughout India.

The FTC secured a settlement with Growth Cave, LLC and related entities ("Growth Cave"), along with the company's co-CEOs...

The Court granted petitions for panel rehearing in two precedential cases: NRA Group, LLC v. Durenleau and Murrin v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The panels issued amended opinions making minor changes in each case...

Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell settled with Franklin Credit Management Corporation (Franklin Credit), to resolve allegations that the mortgage servicer violated the commonwealth's foreclosure-prevention law...

In an article about the state's current sports-betting tax rate published in BestInAu, Kaitesi is quoted as saying "the 51% tax rate makes it nearly impossible for smaller...

A bipartisan coalition of 23 AGs and several state banking regulators submitted a comment letter urging the OCC to withdraw two proposals...

Daniel Harrington, writing for the American Bar Association Litigation Section, discusses the perils of practicing law...