In Lamorak Ins. Co. v. Kone, Inc., 2000 Ill. App. (1st) 163398 (Ill. App. May 15, 2018), the Illinois Appellate Court found that in policies containing self-insured retentions, that the SIR was to be treated as a primary policy that had to be exhausted before the...
Month: March 2019
Is The Insurer Obligated To Notify The Insured Of Any Inadequacy Of Automobile Liability Coverage?
The question of whether an insurance company had an obligation to provide advice to the insured on the adequacy of liability coverage was recently addressed by the Washington Court of Appeals in Junfang He v. Norris v. Farmers Ins. Co. of America, 415 P.3d 1219 (Wash....
In For One, In For All Rule Does Not Apply To Title Insurers In Pennsylvania
Under the so-called "in for one, in for all" rule, if there is one covered claim on a multi-count complaint while other claims are not covered, the insurer is required to defend the entire action. Recently, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Lupu v. Lone...