Pollution Liability Insurer Does Not Have To Cover Insured’s Salvage Costs

Mealey's (May 30, 2019, 1:18 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A district court properly concluded that a pollution liability insurer is not responsible for any salvage costs incurred by an insured after two of its barges were grounded because there was no substantial threat of oil discharge as required for coverage to exist under the pollution liability policy, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said May 29 (Starr Indemnity and Liability Co. v. Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, No. 18-1563, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15861)....