New Jersey Insurance Law 2023

by George J. Kenny, Frank A. Lattal

Overview

New Jersey Insurance Law provides comprehensive, accurate and in-depth information about insurance policies, issues and law in New Jersey. This annual book provides the most up-to-date information in the most reader-friendly format.

Each year, New Jersey Insurance Law includes all reported New Jersey insurance law cases decided during the prior year so that the latest edition is always current. Chapters are expanded and revised each year, to ensure that current law is presented in easily accessible form to assist in further research and, if desired, cited to the court. New Jersey Insurance Law has been cited on many occasions by the appellate courts of New Jersey.

Recent key additions and revisions include:

• Analysis of common insurance terms and phrases including declaration page, insurance agreements, exclusions, endorsements, accident, occurrence, claims made, reasonable expectations, ambiguity, no action clause
• Revisions to the chapter on coverage litigation arising from COVID-19 for claims of business interruption, economic loss and direct physical loss, as well as the effect of policy exclusions on defense and indemnification claims by the insured
• All new published New Jersey insurance cases
• Revisions to numerous topics, including construction and interpretation of policies, the claims process, duty to defend issues, subrogration and reinsurance, agent and broker liability, legislative enactments affecting insurer and insured relationships, UM/UIM and PIP coverage, environmental and other latent injuries, and homeowner policy issues
• Additions to the Glossary of insurance terms and phrases

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781588526762
Publisher:	ALM Media Properties, LLC
Publication date:	11/28/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1132
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

George J. Kenny
George J. Kenny, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, has tried hundreds of diverse civil cases to verdict and has briefed and argued more than 70 reported New Jersey Appellate Division and Supreme Court cases. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a certified civil trial attorney since the Supreme Court of New Jersey began the initial certification process in the early 1980’s.

Mr. Kenny has served on the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, the committee that investigates and evaluates the qualifications of all federal judicial nominees. He has served on the ABA Litigation Section’s Council, as a Division Director, as chair of its Professional Liability Litigation committee, as founding chair of its Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and as liaison to the ABA for attorney certification. He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has served as chair and as a member of numerous New Jersey Supreme Court committees.

Mr. Kenny has also been named insurance law, "Lawyer of the Year" (Newark) in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Frank A. Lattal
Frank A. Lattal is a leading professional in the Property & Casualty Insurance industry and the world of High Stakes Dispute Resolution. He is an independent arbitrator and neutral, specializing in international, insurance and complex commercial disputes. Frank is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, and is certified as an arbitrator by ARIAS and FINRA.

Mr. Lattal has over 36 years of experience in the Insurance and Legal Industry, comprising 14 years of private legal practice followed by over 20 years as a senior insurance industry executive, including most recently, 15 years as the Chief Claims Officer for Chubb Group, the world’s largest publicly traded Property & Casualty Insurance Company. Frank retired from Chubb in May 2019.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Insurance: Basic Principles and Concepts

Chapter 2: Anatomy of an Insurance Policy

Chapter 3: Formation and Termination of an Insurance Contract

Chapter 4: Construction and Interpretation of Insurance Policies

Chapter 5: The Claims Process

Chapter 6: Duty to Defend

Chapter 7: Fiduciary Obligations and Extra-Contractual Liability

Chapter 8: Insurer Recovery: Subrogation and Reinsurance

Chapter 9: Procedures Governing Coverage Disputes

Chapter 10: Agent and Broker Liability

Chapter 11: The New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association Act and Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund

Chapter 12: General Liability (CGL) Policies

Chapter 13: Automobile Liability Policies

Chapter 14: Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Coverage

Chapter 15: Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage

Chapter 16: Homeowner Policies

Chapter 17: Professional Liability Policies

Chapter 18: Life, Accident and Health Policies

Chapter 19: Employment-Related Insurance Issues

Chapter 20: Property Insurance and Fire Insurance

Chapter 21: Insurance Coverage for Environmental Claims and Other Latent Injury

Chapter 22: COVID-19 Coverage Issues