SDV Insights

Please join SDV's Michael Pepe and others for a webinar on Builders Risk Coverage: Navigating Hard and Soft Costs, Delay in Opening Expenses and Construction Delay Measurement.

The New Jersey Supreme Court will enter the fray to decide whether consequential damages caused by the faulty work of a subcontractor constitute "property damage" and an "occurrence" under a general contractor's CGL Policy.

On January 1, 2016, the much-anticipated regulatory regime termed Solvency II is slated to be implemented in the European Union. Solvency II is a directive aimed at codifying and harmonizing EU insurance regulations that are formally approved by the European Parliament and the European Council.

SDV is pleased to announce its newest State by State Survey - Extrinsic Evidence: Use of Extrinsic Evidence in Determining Duty to Defend.

Cyber attacks were once on the periphery of American business consciousness. That mindset changed over the past two years. A series of devastating events, including the 2014 cyber attack against Sony, catapulted cyber liability concerns from an IT department issue to a major priority for boardrooms across America. As U.S. government officials concluded that North Korea was behind the attack, many C-suite executives suddenly found themselves asking questions. Is this the start of a cyber war?

In the United States, a week rarely goes by without a new cyber security breach. Slowly but surely, the European Union is catching up in raising awareness of cyber security and demanding that companies protect the personal data of EU individuals who fall under the definition of "data subjects."

I love John Oliver. He’s smart, funny, and has an uncanny way of breaking down complicated issues into hilarious bite-sized jokes. But on Sunday night, while tackling North Dakota’s ...

Here is a strong reminder that commercial drone use is not without risk, and insurance coverage analysis must be a priority.

Last Friday, SDV's Stella Szantova Giordano was quoted in Law360's article, "A Cyberattack Survival Guide For Policyholders.

Finding coverage under an insurance policy often hinges on the appropriate application of very specific terms, for example, "you" and "your" and the party to whom these terms are intended to apply. If not read accurately, an additional insured could jeopardize coverage by failing to indentify which notice requirements within a policy apply to them and which are the responsibility of the named insured.