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Insurance

Sep. 30, 2005

Divergent Rulings Tweak Law On Insurance-Broker Liability

Since last year, two California appellate courts have taken the still-developing law regarding insurance broker liability in completely divergent directions. Ironically, those two cases - Hydro-Mill Company Inc. v. Hayward, Tilton and Rolapp Insurance Associates Inc. , 115 Cal.App.4th 1145 (2004), and Century Surety Co. v. Crosby Insurance Inc. , 124 Cal.App.4

Stephen L. Raucher

Partner Reuben Raucher & Blum

Email: sraucher@rrbattorneys.com

Stephen practices complex business litigation, with an emphasis on representing policyholders in insurance disputes.

Since last year, two California appellate courts have taken the still-developing law regarding insurance broker liability in completely divergent directions. Ironically, those two cases - Hydro-Mill Company Inc. v. Hayward, Tilton and Rolapp Insurance Associates Inc., 115 Cal.App.4th 1145 (2004), and Century Surety Co. v. Crosby Insurance Inc., 124 Cal.App.4th 116 (2004) - reduce insurance brokers' exposure to their insured clients yet expand insurance brokers' duties to th...

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