Between the Lines

Contractor Not Covered Under Subcontractor’s Policy For Claim By Subcontractor’s Employee. The rules for interpreting a contract, including an insurance policy, require a court to give meaning and effect to…

Where a Lease Did Not Require the Additional Insured Coverage in the Lessee’s Policy To Be Primary, the Additional Insured Coverage Is Excess Over The Lessor’s Own Fronting Policy. Businesses…

The New Hampshire Supreme Court held last month that limiting language in a policy heading is ineffective if the text of the provision promises broader coverage.  The result is not…

In a decision handed down this week, the Connecticut Supreme Court held that although the phrase “arising out of” is broad, it isn’t limitless.  The Court also split on the…

Commercial property owners, developers, lessors, managers and construction contractors should pay attention to new language in several additional insured endorsements that the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has filed with…

Good news for owners, developers, contractors and others involved with construction industry risk management: a new ISO form endorsement adds coverage not just for any one you agree to add as…