INSURANCE LAWUnited States District Court, District of Alaska (2022)Joseph PerryIn Estate of Wheeler v. Garrison Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 604 F. Supp. 3d 844 (D.Alaska 2022), the court held that pollution exclusion clauses of homeowner insurance policies aresubject to literal interpretation. (Id. at 850–51). In 2019, while at a vacation rental property, acouple’s son Continue Reading »
INSURANCE LAWUnited States District Court, District of Alaska (2022)Flora LipskyIn City of Unalaska v. National Union Fire Insurance Co., 591 F. Supp. 3d 440 (D. Alaska 2022),the district court held that under Alaska state law, a Computer Fraud Insuring Agreement in aninsurance policy covered financial losses due to fraud perpetrated over email. (Id. at 453.) Continue Reading »
INSURANCE LAW Angela Sbano Downing v. Country Life Insurance Company In Downing v. Country Life Insurance Company, 473 P.3d 699 (2020), the Supreme Court of Alaska affirmed the superior court’s decision that a mother’s interpretation of her late daughter’s life insurance policy was unreasonable, and that the insurance company had paid out the proper Continue Reading »
