Blog tagged as Claims

An insurer has prevailed over a surety in a first-of-its-kind $3.9 million fight over arbitration defense costs.

The ruling, handed down on March 24, 2026, by Judge Theresa L. Springmann of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, resolved a question that neither party -...

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company has been named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit tied to unpaid work and flood damage at a San Diego VA hospital.

The case, filed on March 23, 2026, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, was brought by ZLM Mechanical, Inc., a V...

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court handed surety companies a major legal win on bad faith claims this week, but warned they must show up to arbitration proceedings.

The state's Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania's insurance bad faith statute does not apply to surety bonds, sparing the industry from pote...

A surety's playbook for managing a troubled contractor worked — until it allegedly didn't.

Frankenmuth Insurance Company filed suit on February 12, 2026, in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, accusing contrac...

Two established insurers are now squaring off in federal court over a question as old as the industry itself: who pays first?

The Travelers Indemnity Company filed suit against Erie Insurance Company on January 29, 2026, in the US District Court for the Western District of New York. At the heart of t...