HNRK Insurance Recovery Partners Analyze Key New York Coverage Decisions in Chambers 2026 Insurance & Reinsurance Guide

In an article for Chambers’ 2026 Insurance & Reinsurance Global Practice Guide, insurance recovery partners Bradley Nash, John Curley, and Dorothea Regal examine some of the most significant insurance coverage decisions to come out of New York over the past year and the litigation trends shaping the market, including:

• Whether a CGL insurer must provide defense coverage for PFAS-related environmental contamination claims;

• How New York courts are interpreting “related claims” provisions in claims-made liability policies;

• Competing approaches to allocating settlement payments between covered and non-covered loss under D&O policies; and
• Whether political unrest and the refusal to cede governmental power can constitute an “insurrection” triggering coverage under a marine cargo policy.

Read the full article here.