On April 6, 2016, New York’s Second Department issued a decision in Provencal, LLC v. Tower Insurance Company of New York, 2016 N.Y. App. LEXIS 2529 (Apr. 6, 2016) holding that an insurer does not waive application of an exclusion in an insurance policy if the insurer omits the language of the exclusion in

In Bentoria Holdings, Inc. v Travelers Indem. Co., 2012 N.Y. LEXIS 3087 (N.Y. Oct. 25, 2012), Travelers denied first-party property coverage for cracking to the insured’s property that occurred due to excavation on an adjacent property. The policy excluded coverage for earth movement as follows:

1. We will not pay for loss or damage