Texas Insurance Coverage Litigation: The Litigator's Practice Guide

Texas Insurance Coverage Litigation is a practice guide for Texas litigators handling insurance coverage lawsuits or confronted with insurance questions in the litigation context. It includes legal analysis, practical tips, forms, and annotations specific to Texas and Fifth Circuit practice.

Part I considers third-party liability insurance and focuses on the coverage and features of these types of policies: commercial general liability, professional liability, directors and officers liability, employment practice, fiduciary liability, cyber and privacy liability, and excess and umbrella.

Part II is an overview of key concepts that apply to insurance coverage lawsuits governed by Texas law, including the rules of construction and the obligations of both the insurer and the insured.

Part III examines all aspects of an insurance coverage lawsuit, including pre-litigation matters, pleadings and discovery, trial considerations, and post-trial proceedings.

NEW IN THIS EDITION

• Revisions to directors and officers liability coverage, including a discussion of the additional insuring agreements and coverages featured in recent D&O policies
• Analysis of recent case law, including Arce v. American National Insurance Co., where the Texas Supreme Court examined whether insurers must prove intent to deceive for misrepresentation claims
• Description of network and information security liability, encompassing coverage for claim expenses and damages resulting from security failures, data breaches, or privacy issues
• Amendments to materials on multimedia content liability, covering claim expenses and damages for multimedia wrongful acts