Law of Insurance Contract Disputes, Second Edition

Title

Law of Insurance Contract Disputes, Second Edition

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Description

Addressing critical real world issues for insurance lawyers, litigators, and practitioners, Law of Insurance Contract Disputes is your up-to-the-minute guide to practice in this burgeoning field. Nationally-known insurance law expert Jeffrey Stempel focuses on policy language

-- zeroing in on the finer points that can make or break your case

-- and provides detailed guidance to help you handle such specific problem areas as: Defining "total loss" to determine policy limits

-- Applicability of valued policy laws to dwellings other than traditional single family homes

-- Employment disputes, with particular reference to the intentional act exclusion

-- Negligent delivery of professional services

-- Professionals acting in nonprofessional capacities

-- Regulatory estoppel and its effect on the "sudden and accidental" pollution exclusion

-- Allocation of coverage

-- Trigger of coverage D&O special apportionment issues

-- Coverage for environmental claims

-- Bad faith litigation

-- The duty to settle and defend

-- Fraud and excess insurance availability.

ISBN

9780735502369

Publication Date

1999

Publisher

Aspen Publishers

City

New York City, New York

Keywords

insurance law, total loss, policy limits, insurance claims, fraud

Disciplines

Insurance Law

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