Insurers Dispute Debtor’s Attempt To Vacate Policy Exhaustion Finding

Mealey's (October 21, 2016, 11:18 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A bid by Chapter 11 debtor Rapid-American Corp. to vacate a finding that it has not paid a sufficient amount for asbestos claims to reach the level of excess coverage provided under three insurance policies should be rejected because the debtor is improperly trying to reargue the issue with a revised legal strategy, insurers assert in separate Oct. 18 response briefs in New York federal bankruptcy court (Rapid-American Corporation, et al. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, et al., No. 15-01095, S.D. N.Y. Bkcy.)....