Insurance Law Section
NCFB v. Lanier Law Group: Much Activity, But No Progress for “Coverage B” Insurance Law
The North Carolina Supreme Court recently missed an opportunity to write a meaty opinion on insurance policies’ “Coverage B” provisions that insurance…
Insurance Law Section Annual CLE: Friday, January 26, 2024
The Insurance Law Section’s annual CLE is almost here! The CLE is scheduled for January 26, 2024, at the Bar Center in Cary, North Carolina. The six-hour…
Insurance Law Section Annual Meeting and CLE – January 26-27, 2023
The North Carolina Bar Association’s Insurance Law Section is pleased to announce its upcoming CLE program, “The Continued Exploration of Insurance Law,…
A Welcome Message from the 2022 Insurance Law Section Chair
Greetings NCBA Insurance Law Section members! I have the privilege of chairing the section this year. I’m hopeful that together, we can achieve my goals to…
Duty to Defend in North Carolina – Recent Cases
The duty to defend is a threshold question in nearly every insurance coverage matter. Several recent decisions from federal and state courts in North…
Duty to Defend Triggered by Extrinsic Evidence
A U.S. District Court decision issued on Nov. 25, 2020, is a good illustration of the rule that if a Complaint implicates the possibility of coverage, the…
COVID-19 Litigation Kicks off in North Carolina
And so it begins . . . one of the first coronavirus insurance coverage cases in N.C. was filed recently in Guilford County Superior Court. Not surprisingly,…
Do I Have Business Insurance for Coronavirus Losses?
The coronavirus has turned all of our lives upside down in the past two weeks. Who would have dreamed that we would be required to work from home, courts…
Fight Hunger, Help Others in the COVID-19 Pandemic – Participate in the Legal Feeding Frenzy and Support Your Local Food Bank!
We are in unprecedented times with COVID-19 (Coronavirus). It is now more important than ever that we help our neighbors and those who are not as fortunate.…
N.C. Supreme Court Gives Green Light for Insurers to Depreciate Labor Costs
Accardi v. Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co., ___ N.C. __ , No. 42A19 (Feb. 28, 2020) The North Carolina Supreme Court nixed a putative class-action lawsuit…