A hold harmless agreement releases a party from the consequences of another's actions. Learn how and when to use a hold ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has ...

Immigrants have long been a driving force behind America's economic and cultural growth. Their entrepreneurial spirit is well documented, with studies showing they are 80 % more likely to start ...

Subrogation is a pivotal concept in South African insurance law, with well-established roots. Its history in our law is founded in English law principles, infused with Roman-Dutch law, in particular ...

The Western Cape High Court judgment of Le Bonheur Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd v Stellenbosch Vineyards (Pty) Ltd and Others of 20 June 2025 is wrong in many ways. Primarily it errs in its understanding and ...

In June 2025, the Western Cape Court handed down a judgment on subrogation that changes established legal principles and settled practice. The Court held that an insurer exercising its subrogation ...

Wall Street hedge funds are offering to buy claims that insurers may have against Edison if the utility is found liable for causing the devastating Eaton fire in Altadena. While legal, the ...

Every year, health plans disrupt their members and still miss as much as 50 percent of claims that are eligible for subrogation. This little-known fact points to the reality that health plans, TPAs, ...

Simply sign up to the US companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. California is a tinderbox filled with giant, valuable houses. This creates problems not only for property insurers, ...

An increasingly common source of delay and confusion seems to be whether a contracting party will, or even can, waive its liability insurer’s subrogation rights against the other party, especially ...

When Gov. Josh Green announced a $4.037 billion settlement in August for the victims of the Maui wildfires, he hailed it as an unambiguous win. “Settling a matter like this within a year is ...