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Additional Insured
195 published works
Insurance Law Hawaii
Oral Agreement to Add Named Insured Insufficient to Impose Coverage
Whether an oral agreement to name a subcontractor as an additional insured under the policy provided coverage to the subcontractor was the issue in Palmer v. Martinez, 2010 La.…
Insurance Law Hawaii
No Duty to Defend Additional Insured’s Own Negligence
The issue in Pekin Ins. Co. v. Roszak/ADC. LLC, 2010 Ill. App. LEXIS 635 (Ill. Ct. App. June 25, 2010) was whether a duty to defend was owed to the…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Policy Restricts Coverage Under Additional Insured Endorsement to Excess
Two interesting issues were presented in Jeffrey M. Brown, Assoc., Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 2010 N.J. Super. LEXIS 108 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 23, 2010). …
Insurance Law Hawaii
No Duty to Defend Additional Insured After Expiration of Franchise Agreement
Marriott entered a franchise agreement with Columbia Hotels. See Marriott Int'l, Inc. v. Amoco Ins. Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53253 (W.D. Mo. May 28, 2010). In the agreement, Columbia…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Injury Arising Out of Insured’s Operations Invokes Coverage for Additional Insured
On the heels of a 2008 case involving a similar issue (Worth Constr. Co., Inc. v. Admiral Ins. Co. [prior post here]), the New York Court of Appeals was again confronted with…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Determination of Insured’s Fault Not Prerequisite for Defending Additional Insured
Utilizing a novel argument, the insured contended it had no duty to defend the additional insured until there was a finding of fault against the named insured. The court rejected…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Endorsement on Scope of Coverage for Additional Insureds Found Ambiguous
Competing motions for summary judgment regarding the duty to defend an additional insured were both denied by the court in Detroit Public Schools Program Mgt. Team, LLC v. Valley Forge Ins.…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Lloyd’s Seeks to Limit BP’s Additional Insured Coverage
Lloyd's, along with other excess insurers, recently filed suit against BP, seeking a declaration that there is no obligation to cover BP as an additional insured in policies issued to Transocean…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Ambiguous Endorsement Means Insurer Must Defend Additional Insureds
An ambiguous endorsement on the scope of coverage for additional insureds meant the insurer had a duty to defend. See Ames Const., Inc. v. Intermountain Indus., Inc., 2010 U.S. LEXIS 41588…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Employer’s Liabilty Exclusion Applies Equally to Additional Insured
Whether an exclusion for coverage of bodily injury to an employee of "the insured" applied to an additional insured was the issue in James McHugh Construction Co. v. Zurich…