Mealey's (January 5, 2018, 2:04 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — An insurer properly denied coverage for environmental contamination cleanup costs based on the policies’ “claims in process” exclusion because the damages for which the insureds sought coverage occurred before the inception date of the applicable policies, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Dec. 22 (Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co. v. Juan Garcia, et al., No. 17-1224, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 26307)....