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Avoiding the Bait and Switch: When Excess Insurers Don't Follow ...
And in those circumstances, policy holders expect the excess insurers to honor the primary insurer's acknowledgement of coverage if and when ...
Excess Insurer Not Bound by Primary Insurer's Coverage ...
According to the court, that doctrine "eliminates coverage of a loss that had already happened or the insured knew was highly probable to occur." The excess ...
Excess Insurers' Right to Challenge Primary's Adjustment - Strafford
An excess carrier that follows form usually may not challenge the underlying insurer's payment decisions on claims it is asked to cover. But ...
Primary Challenges/Articles/CLM Magazine
Thus, even if an excess policy follows form, an excess insurer is not bound by the actual or implied coverage decisions of the primary carrier. [See, e.g. ...
Excess Insurer Was Not Bound by Primary Insurer's Interpretation of ...
Maryland's highest court, the Maryland Court of Appeals, has enforced a prior acts exclusion in a primary insurance policy and ruled that an ...
Excess Insurer Not Bound by Primary Insurer's Payment of ...
Applying California law, the United States District Court for the Central District of California has held that a follow-form excess insurer ...
Ninth Circuit Limits Excess Insurers' Ability to Question Settlement ...
Instead, AXIS sought to avoid liability for paying a claim it concedes was covered. The Ninth Circuit explained, under the Costco rule, an ...
Ninth Circuit 'Excess Insurer' Ruling a Positive Step in Insurance ...
Policyholders purchase excess coverage with the reasonable expectation that they will not face a series of different coverage positions from ...
Despite Acceptance of Coverage by Primary Insurer, Excess Policy ...
The excess policy barred coverage for “any Claim made, or deemed first made, before the Policy Period” and provided that any claims asserting “ ...
Thinking About Follow-Form Excess Insurance | The D&O Diary
The primary policy's stated premium for the OEP option was double the amount of the primary policy's expiring premium. The excess policy is a ...
... primary coverage limit is not a prerequisite for a ... excess insurer generally has no duty to participate in the defense until the primary insurance.
California Supreme Court Holds That An Insured Can Access Its ...
The language in the first-level excess policies does not require the insured to horizontally exhaust primary insurance issued during different ...
Equitable Subrogation: A Useful Tool for Your Excess Insurer When ...
But the primary insurer cannot gamble with the settlement simply because the policyholder was conscientious enough to purchase excess insurance ...
"Supreme Court of Colorado Holds that an Excess Insurer Who ...
In Radil v. National Union Fire Insurance Co., the Supreme Court of Colorado held that an excess insurer was bound by the arbitration clause in the primary ...
Primary Insurer Loses Failure-to-Settle Dispute to Excess Insurer
In American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. v. Liberty Surplus Insurance Corp., No. 19-11541 (11th Cir. Nov. 9, 2020) (Not for Publication), ...
Excess Policies Not Triggered Where Insured Settles with Primary ...
The excess insurers moved for summary judgment on the basis of both application of various conduct-related exclusions and the advisor's failure to exhaust the ...
Excess carriers beware: no second-guessing underlying coverage ...
At the time, Northrop had a program of tiered employee benefit plan fiduciary liability insurance, including primary layer coverage of $15 ...
Excess Insurer's Duty to Defend is Triggered Only When Primary ...
In adopting the majority rule, the New Hampshire Supreme Court stated that the rule reflects how the insurance industry operates, manages risks and prices their ...
Follow Form Excess Insurer Need Not Follow Underlying Analysis
The insured sought payment under the excess policy, arguing that it was bound by the coverage determination made by the primary insurer. The ...
Can You Climb the Excess Tower and Enjoy the View From Up There?
covered. Instead, it concluded that an excess insurer is not bound by an underlying insurer's application of policy provisions, as to its ...