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Additional Insured
195 published works
Zalma on Insurance
No Right to Additional Insured Status Without Contract
By Barry Zalma
Failure to Read Certificate of Insurance & No Indemnity Contract Defeats Claim Most lawyers will tell you that seeking a summary judgment by a writ to an appellate court will…
Zalma on Insurance
Additional Insured Endorsement Requires Insurer to Pay Co-Insurer
By Barry Zalma
Additional Insured Endorsements Effectively Transferred the Risk of Bodily Injury to The Sub-Contractor’s Insurer Starr Indemnity & Liability Company (“Starr”) sued seeking a declaratory judgment that Defendant Excelsior Insurance Company…
The Northwest Policyholder
New Additional Insured Form Gets its First Test in Court: How to Avoid the Pitfalls
By Ryan Hall
When the Insurance Service Office, Inc. (“ISO”) – the organization that drafts the standardized forms used by most insurance companies – revised its standard additional insured endorsement in 2013, it…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Seventh Circuit Holds Insurer Must Defend General Contractor in Suit by Subcontractor’s Employee
By Patrick M. McDermott, Matthew J. Revis
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a ruling from the Northern District of Illinois that a subcontractor’s insurer must defend the general contractor in a negligence suit brought by an employee of…
Construction Law Zone
Note to “Additional Insureds” Relying on Builders’ Risk Insurance: Federal Court Decision Evaluates Extent of Coverage
By Ken Sherman
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has provided construction project owners, developers, general contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, and vendors with a helpful reminder about obtaining effective additional…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Massachusetts Appellate Court Reads Cross Liability Exclusion Broadly in Denying Additional Insured Coverage to General Contractor
By Patrick M. McDermott, Matthew J. Revis
A Massachusetts intermediate appellate court recently found no coverage for a general contractor listed as an additional insured under a subcontractor’s general liability insurance policy. The general contractor sought coverage…
Zalma on Insurance
A Minimal Potential for Coverage Requires an Insurer to Defend
By Barry Zalma
Additional Insured’s Must be Defended by Insurer that Made them Additional Insureds Insurance is a risk spreading contract. Construction contracts that require subcontractors make the general contractor and the owner…
Zalma on Insurance
Louisiana Anti-Indemnity Statute Defeats Additional Insured Endorsement
By Barry Zalma
Government Owned Sewerage Department’s Construction Contract Additional Insured Requirements Declared Void Anti-Indemnity Statute Refuses Coverage of Sole Negligence of Additional Insured The Consolidated Sewerage District No. 1 of the Parish…
Zalma on Insurance
No Harm, No Foul, No Coverage
By Barry Zalma
Failure to Name Additional Insured Caused No Damage An additional insured, depending on the wording of an insurance policy, will have no coverage if sued for the additional insured’s negligence…
Zalma on Insurance
Pollution Exclusion in Policy Defeats Claim of Additional Insured
By Barry Zalma
Clear & Unambiguous Exclusion Effective as to Insured and Additional Insured When a general contractor is made an additional insured of a policy issued to a sub-contractor, the general contractor…