Insurance Scrawl

"Insurance Scrawl focuses on the law of insurance, the insurance of business, and the business of insurance. It is the first insurance blog (or insurance blawg) that approaches these issues from the perspective of policyholders. The principal focus is on commercial property-casualty matters ... . The goals of this weblog are to provide current updates, with links to source materials, on matters about which well-informed professionals should be aware."

Author: Mark Mayerson is a partner at Spriggs & Hollingsworth in Washington, D.C.. and teaches insurance law at George Washington University's law school.

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Recent Posts from Insurance Scrawl

Insurability of Punitive Damages -- Texas Style
It's not as if the only cases I read these days are from the former independent nation of Texas, but the Texas Supreme Court is on a roll in clearing out its backlog of important…
Cleaning Up the Mess in Texas: Insurer Funding Payment of Liability Claims When Coverage Is Doubted
In May 2005, the Texas Supreme Court unanimously held that a liability insurer that voluntarily settles a claim against an insured may recover the payment against its own insured if it proves that the…
The Covenant to Provide Notice: Materiality or Prejudice Needed To Refuse Payment
Sometimes courts get it right, both analytically and in the result. This was true in the landmark decision of the Texas Supreme Court in PAJ, Inc. v. Hanover Insurance Co. (Texas Jan. 11, 2008). In…
A Dog in the Fight: Policyholder Interest in Inter-Insurer Disputes
When an insurer pays a policyholder’s claim, the insurer sometimes seeks to off-load that payment “vertically”, that is, by suing other insurance companies that issued lower-layer coverage, or “horizontally”, that is, by suing other insurance…
A Dog in the Fight: Policyholder Interest in Inter-Insurer Disputes
When an insurer pays a policyholder’s claim, the insurer sometimes seeks to off-load that payment “vertically”, that is, by suing other insurance companies that issued lower-layer coverage, or “horizontally”, that is, by suing other insurance…
The "Insurance Hoax" -- Insurers Paying Too Little and Too Late
Bloomberg recently published a hard-hitting piece decrying the property-casualty industry's claims-handling practices. Insurers perceive that the article to punches below the belt, as this response from the Insurance Information Institute shows. The III piece is…
The "Insurance Hoax" -- Insurers Paying Too Little and Too Late
Bloomberg recently published a hard-hitting piece decrying the property-casualty industry's claims-handling practices. Insurers perceive that the article to punches below the belt, as this response from the Insurance Information Institute shows. The III piece is…
Product Recalls
Product-recall expense can prove increasingly expensive in this time of international distribution, just-in-time inventories, far-flung shipping, and the like. Of course, the current poster child is Mattel, which seems to be doing a very good…
Product Recalls
Product-recall expense can prove increasingly expensive in this time of international distribution, just-in-time inventories, far-flung shipping, and the like. Of course, the current poster child is Mattel, which seems to be doing a very good…
A Man, A Plan, A Canal -- A Flood
No one should be surprised that the United States Court of Appeals today reversed the decision of the Louisiana District Court on whether losses occasioned by rising water in New Orleans was the result of…