Indemnity Agreements

CHICAGO -- Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) ("Ventas" or the "Company") said today that management will participate in a panel discussion at the 2012 Stifel Nicolaus Senior Housing & Healthcare Real Estate Conference in...

CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has withdrawn the Insurer Financial Strength 'AA+' rating with a Stable Outlook for Genesis Indemnity Insurance Co. following the company's merger into General Star Indemnity Co. on Dec. 31,...

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) will release its fourth quarter 2011 earnings after trading closes on the NYSE on February 8, 2012. A conference call discussing the results will...

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The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a marine liability insurer in an action against its insured and the insured's senior partner. The insurer...

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a general contractor in an action against the insurer of a subcontractor seeking...

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, ruled that insurers are entitled to the dismissal of a financial services firm's action seeking indemnity for a disgorgement payment made to the SEC...

The California Court of Appeal ruled that an insolvent insurer is not obligated to share in the defense of its bankrupt insured where multiple personal injury claimants failed to comply with the insurance...

This article originally appeared in the November 2011 Insurance and Reinsurance Committee Newsletter. I. The Invariable Discovery Dispute in Reinsurance Litigation One area where the discoverability of insurance is particularly contentious is in...

HEADNOTE This article originally appeared in the November 2011 Fidelity and Surety Committee Newsletter. As many of you know, the West is leading the country in housing failures and foreclosures. While Nevada is...

You know the three L's of real estate: location, location, location. The infrastructure in the New York Metropolitan Region, e.g., bridges, roads, transit, is teetering on the brink of disaster. It is increasingly...

OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of "a-" of Fidelity National Group...

State transportation departments desperate for money to pay for projects took steps toward imposing new tolls or increasing existing ones in 2011, often inviting disdain from the trucking industry. Meanwhile, trucking's push to...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied a motion for reconsideration filed by one liability insurer in an action brought by a co-insurer seeking a declaration that the movant insurer...

The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a college that hired a contractor to perform renovations is entitled to additional insured coverage under the contractor's insurance policy based on the peculiar...

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that a commercial general liability (CGL) insurer has no duty to defend an additional insured contractor against allegations arising from its or...

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California held that an insured is not entitled to the dismissal of an insurer's action regarding coverage for an underlying construction defects action where...

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted summary judgment in favor of a liability insurer in an action brought by its insured seeking a declaration that the insurer breached...