Deleting the Preantepenultimate and Antepenultimate Paragraphs

Why waste a hyphen when multiple prefixes will do? This morning I received a batch of Google Scholar email alerts.  I discovered Google Sch...

Welcome New Subscribers!

Welcome new subscribers.  This past weekend's subscription drive is going well, and our readership has grown nicely. Couple of points: I...

Who Remembers Drop Drafts? Should You Cash Them?

On Friday last week I got a call from an insurer client, who told me that in response to his approximately $21,000 subrogation demand to the...

Leasing Property is Entrusting Property for Purposes of the Dishonest or Criminal Act/Entrustment Exclusion

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY  – VANDALISM DAMAGE TO LEASED PREMISES  – DISHONEST OR CRIMINAL ACTS EXCLUSION  –  ENTRUSTMENT EXCLUSION   Winking Group...

An EUO No-Show By Any Other Name...

NO-FAULT – EUO NO-SHOW  Active Care Med. Supply Corp. v. ELRAC Inc. (NYC Civ. Ct., Kings Co., decided 11/17/2017) How many assignor EUO no-s...

The AAA Insurance Reporter & The Impact of Fraudulent Procurement of Auto Policies on New York No-Fault Claims

In 2017, after a six-year hiatus, the American Arbitration Association's New York State Insurance Division brought back a "new and ...

New York Court of Appeals Now Tweeting Insurance Coverage Decisions

No, not really. That's just a click-baiting title. But seriously, the court's issuance on December 14, 2017 of 259-character and 219...

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The HOME in HOMEowner's Insurance -- Questions of Fact on Policyholder's Residence Preclude Summary Judgment

PROPERTY  –  HOMEOWNERS  – RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT Sosenko v. Allstate Ins. Co. (3rd Dept., decided 11/30/2017) No, not HOME as in four-fifths...

When Is Bodily Injury "Caused by an Accident" for Purposes of Supplementary Uninsured/Underinsured Motorists Coverage?

SUPPLEMENTARY UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED MOTORISTS COVERAGE  – INTENTIONAL ACTS – "ACCIDENT" Matter of Progressive Advanced Ins. Co. (...

Signed Bid Proposal Found to Constitute "Written Contract" Triggering Additional Insured Coverage

COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY  – BLANKET ADDITIONAL INSURED ENDORSEMENT  – "WRITTEN CONTRACT" REQUIREMENT  – SIGNED BID PROPOSAL Ne...