When Is An Insured’s Loss Not Damages?
It isn’t often that insurers prevail on the same issue in California and New Jersey but such was the case last month with the intriguing issue of whether a policy’s coverage for “damages” includes not only money paid to settle claims but cases in which the insurer provides non-cash services or otherwise relinquishes assets of value in lieu of paying money.
In Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., A-97-09 (N.J. June 21, 2011), a wastewater utility agreed to settle claims brought against it by a waste hauler by agreeing to treat and dispose of sludge for a customer of the plaintiff for a period of five years. The insured sought indemnification for this loss from Coregis under a policy that provided coverage for “loss,” which was defined, in pertinent part, as “money damages.” The policy policy defined “money damages” as “monetary compensation for past harms” and expressly excluded indemnification for relief “in any form other than money damages. . . including equi
There are a few different options when it comes to life insurance. You may already be familiar with term and whole life plans, but there are actually four different choices available. Here is the information you should keep in mind when looking at various providers and programs.