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Aon CEO Greg Case: Resilience protects, but it also promotes growth

McKinsey

As CEO of a company whose raison d’être is helping firms make better decisions, Greg Case has wide-ranging knowledge and a nuanced perspective on resilience and its importance in volatile times.

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Fifth Circuit Holds That Foreign Forum Selection Clauses Are Enforceable In Insurance Policy

The Energy Law

The following day, Noble House advised Underwriters at Lloyd’s, its insurer, of the casualty, whose policy allegedly covered the claim. Noble House purchased the policy from Underwriters by way of a Texas-based insurance broker in February 2018. This is the analysis the Court applied in the instant case of Noble House LLC v.

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Additional Insured Cannot Rely On Certificate of Insurance

The Energy Law

TIG Insurance Co., the Supreme Court of Texas recently concluded it was not reasonable for a party to believe it was an additional insured under another party’s commercial general liability policy, based only on a certificate of insurance provided by the other party’s insurance broker.

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“Juries cannot simply pick a number and put it in the blank.” – Texas Supreme Court Remands Case Involving $15 Million Jury Award for Noneconomic Damages Where Award was Unsupported and Arguments to the Jury Unsubstantiated

The Energy Law

This case arises from a fatal accident on an icy, unlit stretch of highway near Amarillo, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court reviewed and reversed the judgment of the court of appeals and remanded the case for a new trial. A wrongful death case is no different in this regard. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.001 (12). Saenz , 925 S.W.2d

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The OCSLA Does Not Provide Federal Jurisdiction for Insurance Disputes

The Energy Law

The Eastern District of Louisiana recently held that insurance claims for damage to a Gulf of Mexico production facility will not support federal court jurisdiction under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Accordingly, the district court remanded the case of LLOG Exploration Co. 1349(B)(1). 1349(B)(1).

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Choice-of-Law Provisions in Marine Insurance Contracts Upheld by the Supreme Court

The Energy Law

In a much-anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court held that choice-of-law provisions in marine insurance contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal maritime law with a few narrow exceptions. In Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Great Lakes Insurance (“Great Lakes”) and Raiders Retreat Realty Co. LLC , 601 U.S.

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The Fifth Circuit Further Clarifies Service Contract and Insurance Interplay Under Texas Law

The Energy Law

Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co. On June 10, 2015, the Fifth Circuit further addressed this area of contract and insurance interplay with its decision in Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co. Below are key excerpts from the opinion: Because Basic was “obliged by a written ‘Insured Contract’. Aspen Underwriting Ltd.