Refusing to Issue or Renew, or Cancelling or Charging More for a Homeowners Insurance Policy Based on Certain Dog Breeds Will Be Illegal in New York State Come January 28, 2022

On October 30, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law bill S4254 / A4075 , which prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or ...

Massachusetts High Court Rules Auto Insurers Must Pay For Inherent Diminished Value

Massachusetts High Court Rules Auto Insurers Must Pay For Inherent Diminished Value  (click to read the Claims Journal article) To be clear-...

Snoozz -- Tab & Window Snoozing

Snoozz - Tab & Window Snoozing   Snoozz is an excellent tab and window snoozing browser extension alternative to Tab Snooze, which I...

Court-Ordered Discovery in Aid of SUM Arbitration Denied

MATTER OF ARBITRATION OF ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY , 2021 NY Slip Op 5418 - NY: Appellate Div., 4th Dept. 2021 - Google Scholar Justice del...

Updated COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage New York Decisions

The labor of my Labor Day...Updated COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage New York Decisions (as of September  6, 2021) Until today, I had...

⚠ NEW YORK COVID-19 #BUSINESSINTERRUPTION CASE UPDATE ⚠

The "score" in New York on COVID-19 #businessinterruption coverage lawsuits, where "direct physical loss" or "direc...

NYS Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Holds That the Undefined Term "Reasonable Care" as Used in a Homeowners Policy's Freezing Exclusion, Is Ambiguous

PROPERTY –  HOMEOWNERS POLICY  – FROZEN/BURST WATER PIPES  – FREEZING EXCLUSION  –  REASONABLE CARE TO MAINTAIN HEAT McAleavey v. Chautauqua...