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DRI Podcast: Follow-Up to Coronavirus Insurance Implications Webinar

Wednesday, May 6th, 2020

Hurwitz & Fine Attorney Dan Kohane, along with Paul White and Chris Martin, provides information in this DRI webinar follow-up on coronavirus insurance implications.

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City & State New York: Attorney Dan Kohane Quoted in "Should Insurance Companies Have to Cover Small Businesses’ Pandemic Losses?"

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020

Attorney Dan Kohane questions imposing upon insurance companies an obligation to pay for claims for which they never accepted a premium in the article "Should insurance companies have to cover small businesses’ pandemic losses?" in the May 5, 2020 edition of City & State New York.

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City & State New York: Attorney Dan Kohane Quoted in "Coronavirus Leaves Child Victims Act Cases in Limbo"

Monday, May 4th, 2020

Advocates and attorneys have noted that it remains unclear whether NY on PAUSE applies to the Child Victims Act look-back window. Attorney Dan Kohane is quoted on how this will affect insurance companies in the article "Coronavirus leaves Child Victims Act cases in limbo" in the May 4, 2020 edition of City & State New York.

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Hurwitz & Fine Resources on COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits and Legislative Summaries

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

Hurwitz & Fine has been tracking legislative initiatives and the dozens of lawsuits that have already been filed by policyholders seeking Business Interruption coverage. 

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Attorneys Dan Kohane and Lee Siegel Featured in Buffalo Business First

Saturday, April 18th, 2020

Attorneys Dan D. Kohane and Lee S. Siegel, Members of Hurwitz & Fine's Insurance Coverage team, were featured in the April 18, 2020 Buffalo Business First article, "Fine print on policies has businesses, insurers and legislators in a quarrel."

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Dan Kohane and Ryan Maxwell Featured in Your NY Connection Magazine

Monday, April 6th, 2020

The attorneys were featured in NYIA's First Quarter 2020 edition of Your NY Connection magazine for their article "Judicial Oversights?"

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Critique of Assembly Bill A.10226 – The COVID-19 “Business Interruption Bill” – The Cure is Worse than the Solution

Sunday, March 29th, 2020

The Hurwitz & Fine, P.C. coverage team offers a critique of both the thinking behind this legislation and the bill itself, section by section.

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Connecticut Supreme Court Requires Imminent Danger of Collapse for Crumbling Concrete Coverage

Wednesday, November 13th, 2019

In a long-awaited decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court found that insurers do not have to pay to repair homeowners’ crumbling concrete foundations, absent an imminent danger of collapse.

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Dan Kohane quoted in WSJ article "Insurers Face Wave of Costly Child Sex-Abuse Claims"

Monday, October 21st, 2019

Attorney Dan Kohane is quoted in this week's The Wall Street Journal on the Child Victims Act and the impact on insurance coverage.

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Dan Kohane featured in first PLRB podcast

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019

The Property & Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB) interviewed Dan D. Kohane for their first podcast on the subject of the Child Victims Act.

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Insurance Coverage and The Child Victims Act: The Gauntlet Has Been Dropped

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

The Archdiocese has filed a lawsuit in the State of New York, Supreme Court, New York County against over 30 insurers who issued insurance policies to the Archdiocese from the early 1950s to 2000.

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Connecticut Supreme Court Finds Unfair Trade Practices Act Not Preempted by Federal Law, Reinstates Sandy Hook Plaintiffs’ Suit Against Manufacturer

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

In a landmark ruling, a sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court revived the Sandy Hook plaintiffs’ law suit against the manufacturer of an AR-15-type firearm that was used to kill 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012.

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