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Archive for October, 2014

October 20, 2014

Memo No. 1 to OIC and Legislature: Fix the Olympic Steamship Attorney’s Fee Rule by Requiring Factual Justification for the Award

This is the first in what I anticipate will be a series of blog entries asking the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner to propose, and the Washington Legislature to adopt, some changes to Washington

October 6, 2014

No Coverage for Hannibal Lecter, Federal Judge Says: Expansion of the Scope of a Homeowners’ Policy’s “Intentional Loss” Exclusion to the Duty to Defend

This installment of the Insurance Commando Blog discusses a case related to its July 14, 2014 blog entry, in which we discussed the “intentional loss” exclusion in a first-party homeowners’ policy. IDS Prop. and Cas.