United States: Insurance

In this episode of "In the Know," Heather Weaver explains when policyholders may have the right to select independent counsel, how conflicts arise when insurers defend under...

On March 2, 2026, the NAIC Risk-Based Capital Investment Risk and Evaluation (E) Working Group ("RBC IRE WG") met to receive the latest progress report from the American Academy of Actuaries ("Academy")...

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court and held that insurer Atlantic Specialty (as successor to One Beacon) had a duty to defend an employee's suit against his employer, a semiconductor manufacturer. In the underlying claim, the employee alleged exposure to chemicals at work caused birth defects in his son and sought $270M in damages.