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Anna Hamel is a business litigator who focuses on complex commercial litigation. Her practice includes franchise disputes, construction disputes, and insurance disputes, along with a variety of other commercial matters.

Healthcare providers face a patchwork of state laws and regulations requiring certain types and amounts of liability insurance. Although all healthcare professionals should procure policies covering alleged negligence in healthcare, whether they are required to do so varies by state. Surprisingly, many states do not require medical malpractice or other liability insurance. Of the states

A small but growing number of cyber insurers are incorporating language into their policies that specifically addresses risks from artificial intelligence (AI). The June 2025 issue of The Betterley Report’s Cyber/Privacy Market Survey identifies at least three insurers that are incorporating specific definitions or terms for AI. This raises an important question for policyholders:

As the Atlantic hurricane season reaches its peak in September, bringing with it rainfall and flooding, a recent New Jersey court held a sewer overflow resulting from rainfall was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a flood and therefore did not trigger a flood exclusion. This decision, and the insured’s submission of evidence to prove

A recent Mississippi case reminds commercial and residential policyholders alike of the importance of updating insurance coverage when circumstances change to avoid a coverage dispute or the loss of coverage altogether. Commercial insureds should coordinate with stakeholders within their organizations to ensure prompt reporting of changing exposures to the personnel responsible for insuring risks. The