Insurer Says Numerous Exclusions Preclude Defending Builder From Defects Suit

Mealey's (April 7, 2021, 11:44 AM EDT) -- FLORENCE, S.C. — Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Co. (CSU) says in a lawsuit filed in federal court in South Carolina on April 2 that it has no duty to defend or indemnify a general contractor and a homebuilder in a state court action brought by a homeowners association over construction defects because the alleged damages occurred outside a policy’s coverage period and because the alleged damages are subject to a number of exclusions in other policies provided to the contractor....