Insurance policies often incorporate assignment clauses, which require policyholders to obtain their insurers’ written consent before assigning their insurance policies to others. For example, the ISO Common Policy Conditions Form, which is often used in commercial liability insurance policies, including package policies, precludes policy assignments under Section F: “Your rights and duties under this policy
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.
As many policyholders are acutely aware, the insurance landscape is complex, with numerous insurers offering a wide range of available insurance programs. While some coverage forms are standard, many are unique to specific industries and even to individual insurance companies. This diversity makes it critically important for policyholders to know the risks that their particular
While recently resolving an insurance coverage dispute in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance Company, 102 F.4th 1208 (11th Cir. 2024), an Eleventh Circuit concurring opinion discussed the potential employment of artificial intelligence large language models to interpret policy terms.
The case concerned whether a landscaper’s insurance policy — which generally provided coverage for