Insurance Coverage for Class Action Claims: Recovery for Indemnity and Defense Costs
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will discuss recovery for indemnity and defense costs under business insurance policies for class action claims. The program will discuss how policyholders should scrutinize policies for potential coverage, and at a minimum for part of the claims to trigger a defense. The program will also discuss the insurer’s perspective on coverage and arguments to deny or limit coverage.
Outline
- Class claims likely to be covered under business liability policies
- Class claims less likely to be covered under business liability policies
- Determining duty to indemnify
- Value of defense coverage
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What types of complaint allegations may trigger coverage for third-party property damage and bodily injury or for personal and advertising injury?
- What types of complaint allegations may trigger coverage under D&O, E&O and EPLI policies?
- What is the value of defense coverage and what are the limitations to the insurer’s duty to defend?
Faculty
Laura A. Foggan
Partner
Crowell & Moring
Ms. Foggan has practiced for more than 25 years and has participated in more than 200 appeals nationwide and has made... | Read More
Ms. Foggan has practiced for more than 25 years and has participated in more than 200 appeals nationwide and has made significant contributions to the development of key insurance law precedents across the country. She is a former Co-Chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the ABA Litigation Section.
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Stephen T. Raptis
Partner
Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Mr. Raptis has 20 years of experience handling complex insurance claims on behalf of commercial policyholders, as well... | Read More
Mr. Raptis has 20 years of experience handling complex insurance claims on behalf of commercial policyholders, as well as other complex commercial disputes. He advises clients on coverage issues arising under all types of commercial insurance policies, including general liability, D&O, E&O, cyberliability, pollution liability, and first-party/property policies. Mr. Raptis regularly handles cases involving environmental contamination, bodily injury claims, product-related claims, cyber-related claims, professional liability claims, governmental claims and construction-related claims, among others, and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars of insurance proceeds for his clients.
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