The SEC has been getting more and more aggressive with investigations into alleged securities fraud, as well as with filing civil securities fraud actions. In fact, we just got an SEC securities fraud action dismissed against one of our clients a couple of weeks ago…but it was an expensive fight. Over at Property Casualty 360
May 2011
Extreme business interruption insurance
By Gene Killian on
Posted in Business Interruption, Emerging Trends
Saw this post over at Property-Casualty 360 and got a kick out of it. Enjoy.
Cost-Cap Policies and Environmental Cleanup Costs
By Gene Killian on
Posted in Contract construction, Environmental coverage
My first boss in this business, the late Gene Anderson, used to collect briefs filed by insurance companies in cases around the country. Then, when a carrier attempted to take an inconsistent position in a case that he was handling, he would present the court with a brief filed by the carrier somewhere else, in…
The duty of good faith and fair dealing in litigation
By Gene Killian on
Posted in Bad Faith
Really good stuff over at Chip Merlin’s blog about what happens when insurance companies and trial lawyers mislead courts.
The duty of good faith and fair dealing
By Gene Killian on
Posted in Bad Faith
I’m just back from Orlando where I had the opportunity to speak at an ABA conference on business interruption insurance. During the talk, I referred to a case I often cite, Rawlings v. Apodaca, 151 Ariz. 149, 726 P.2d 565, 1986 Ariz. LEXIS 253 (1986). For me, the key quote from the case is:
“In…