The Lloyd’s of London connection behind the 2026 World Baseball Classic — and what it means for commercial policyholders in specialty insurance markets
The 2026 World Baseball Classic, which concluded this past March in Miami with Venezuela’s first-ever title, featured many of the best baseball players on earth. Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, and
Insurance coverage disputes often rise or fall on sweeping questions — trigger theories, allocation frameworks, priority of coverage. But sometimes the battle comes down to something dramatically smaller: a comma. Or, as two recent cases reveal, the lack of a comma. Both Garlock v. Jordan, 260 N.E.3d 42 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025), and Accelerant
This is the first in a series of discussions about insurance issues unique to the Lone Star State.
For nearly a century, the Stowers doctrine has been a critical cornerstone of Texas insurance law protecting insureds facing the threat of a nuclear verdict. This doctrine, named after the seminal 1929 case G.A. Stowers Furniture Co.
Well-established law requires that an insured be made whole before recoveries benefit an insurer. When an insured’s losses exceed policy limits, any additional recovery made by the insured should inure to the benefit of the insured to offset losses above policy limits. Only after the insured is made whole is the insurer entitled to reimbursement.