The 2026 edition of New Appleman North Carolina Insurance Litigation (a LexisNexis Practice Guide) is now available. Rick Pinto is General Editor, and Ken Kyre and Deb Bowers are Assistant Editors. PCKB attorneys wrote most of the chapters for the book. This is the seventh annual edition of the publication; the inaugural edition was in 2020.

The book continues to contain the following chapters:  General Principles of Construction for Insurance Policies, Automobile Insurance, Homeowners Liability Insurance, Commercial General Liability Insurance, Builder’s Risk Insurance, Directors and Officers Insurance, Errors and Omissions Insurance (Malpractice Insurance), Employment Practices Liability Insurance, Workers’ Compensation Insurance, Excess and Umbrella Insurance, N.C. Insurance Guarantee Association, N.C. Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Insurance, Insurance Applications and Misrepresentations, Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Claims, Duty to Defend, Property, Fire, and Casualty Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Life Insurance.

If anyone is interested in purchasing the 2026 edition, they can contact Rick Pinto, Ken Kyre, or Deb Bowers, or their LexisNexis account representative, or they can go online at https://store.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/new-appleman-north-carolina-insurance-law-grpsku02406.html. For those who have a LexisNexis online account, they can access the book under North Carolina Treatises.