Category «Comprehensive General Liability Insurance (“CGL” Insurance)»

Join Me For New Insurance Law CLE Programs

Tomorrow I am speaking from 10:30 to noon on a panel with Christine Gudaitis at Ver Ploeg & Marino and Rebecca Appelbaum at Adams & Reese.  Our topic is Commercial General Liability Insurance.  The program is part of The Seminar Group’s 3rd Annual Insurance in the Construction Industry CLE program, being held at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Miami …

Florida Supreme Court to Decide if Florida 558 Proceeding is a “Suit” Triggering a Duty to Defend

I previously wrote here about Judge Marra’s decision in the Southern District of Florida in Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum & Forster Specialty Ins. Co., No. 13-80831-CIV, 2015 WL 3539755, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72466 (S.D. Fla. June 4, 2015). The question in that case was whether a Florida 558 proceeding constitutes a “suit” that …

Severability Clause Saves Coverage For Additional Insureds

It has been a fairly quiet first half of 2016 for insurance law decisions in Florida.  Several important cases are pending with Florida appellate courts, and as the weather heats up hopefully some of those decisions will be released.  In the meantime, I want to discuss a common general liability insurance clause addressed in a …