Excess Insurer’s Exclusions For Pollution, Hazardous Materials Bar Coverage

(June 26, 2020, 10:57 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — An excess liability insurer properly denied coverage for underlying lawsuits arising out of the deaths of three employees following their exposure to toxic fumes because the policy’s exclusions for pollution and hazardous materials clearly apply as a bar to coverage, a New York appellate panel said June 25 (Royal Waste Services Inc., et al. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co., et al., No. 11714, 112999/10, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 1st Dept., 2020 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3705)....

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