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E/Insuring the AI Age: Empirical Insights into Artificial Intelligence Liability Policies
ANAT LIOR Insurance represents an important but underappreciated part of our lives. Both individuals and corporations gain from purchasing coverage from insurers to manage and hedge their risks. It is a necessary mechanism in modern society to support innovation while ensuring that its unavoidable victims will be compensated.
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Artificial Intelligence in the Insurance Industry and Bad Faith Risk
Mary E. Borja, Edward J. Currie Jr., & Lorelie Masters
As with nearly every other sector of the American economy, interest in AI has exploded within the insurance industry in recent years.
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The Liability Insurer’s Duty to Defend “Suits”
Douglas R. Richmond
Insurance policies are contracts. Standard liability insurance policies state that the insurer “will pay those sums that the insured becomes legally obligated to pay as damages because of ‘bodily injury’ or ‘property damage’ to which [the policy] applies” and that the insurer “will have the right and duty to defend the insured against any ‘suit’ seeking those damages.”
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An Ethics Conundrum: What Am I? Coverage Counsel or Claim Investigator or Both?
Neil B. Posner
The question of whether a lawyer involved in an insurance dispute is acting in the capacity of coverage counsel or as an insurance claims investigator is one that should concern insurers and policyholders alike.
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Uncovering Settlements: Problems, Opportunities and Solutions for Settling Liability Cases in Which Insurance Coverage Is in Dispute
Marialuisa Gallozzi, Jodi McDougall, James Murray & Catalina Sugayan
If settling liability disputes is a fine art, the resolution of cases in which the availability of insurance funds that the parties need to settle cases is contested can only be described as black art.
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What Is the Availability of Insurance Coverage for Claims of Sexual Misconduct and Abuse?
Paul Walker-Bright, Karen Dixon, Michael Hamilton & Seth Row
Since the 1980s, claims of sexual abuse and related misconduct have exploded in their numbers. These claims have arisen in countless different types of circumstances, notably in cases where the defendant had custody over the alleged victim (e.g. nursing homes) or some other means of physical or psychological control (e.g. employers, sports trainers, doctors, clergy) as well as domestic situations involving abuse by parents or other family members.
News
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2026 Symposium Announcement
The Insurance Law Center at UConn School of Law is pleased to invite you to a symposium honoring Kenneth S. Abraham, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, for his extraordinary contributions to the fields of tort and insurance law.
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ACCC Insurance Law Symposium
The University of Connecticut School of Law is honored to host the 2025 American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC) Insurance Law Symposium, the only ACCC event open to non-Fellows. This program brings together leaders in insurance law to discuss emerging issues, share expertise, and foster professional connections.