Insurance Coverage & Recovery

Insurance Coverage & Recovery

Finley T. Harckham | Anderson Kill

Insurance policies are complex contracts, and pursuit of an insurance claim is often a high-stakes, conflict-ridden endeavor. Yet all too many companies entrust their assets and their very survival to insurance policies that are never seen by their attorneys, and pursue claims without the benefit...

Insurance Coverage & Recovery

Myriah V. Jaworski | Phillips Lytle LLP

In less than two years, New York State has experienced three significant extreme weather events, resulting in 38 of 62 New York counties being declared disaster areas.[1] First, in August 2011, Hurricane Irene hit New York State, wreaking specific havoc on the Catskills and Mohawk Valley. A week...

Insurance Coverage & Recovery

John G. Nevius | Anderson Kill

Many jurisdictions have announced that they plan to more actively pursue natural resource damages (“NRDs”) from potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) deemed liable under CERCLA or Superfund. Recent developments in case law have changed the landscape when it comes to...