Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes

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Widely used by counsel and insurers -- and cited as authority by the U.S. Supreme Court, The circuit courts, and important state courts -- this handbook provides comprehensive information, analysis, and commentary on this rapidly developing area of insurance law. Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes, Eleventh Edition includes revised and updated coverage of such important issues as allocation of defense costs among insurers, The insurer's duty to defend, The trigger and scope of occurrence-based coverage, hazardous waste/environmental cleanup litigation, excess insurance, notice requirements, bad faith and wrongful refusals to settle, and reinsurance. There is coverage of over 250 important recent decisions that have clarified or changed insurance law in many jurisdictions. The treatise is replete with hundreds of new and revised citations that will substantially cut down research time, and help you to prepare authoritative briefs and motion papers. You'll find invaluable state-by-state comparative surveys organized for easy access on the current law regarding: First-party bad faith law Reasonable expectations doctrine Late notice Insolvency drop-down decisions Insurability of punitive damages CERCLA response costs as damages Claims-made policy extended reporting provision Consideration of extrinsic facts Duty to defend a PRP letter Emotional distress and bodily injury Employee discrimination and sexual harassment claims and more!