Insurers Breached Contract, Acted In Bad Faith Over 13 Defect Claims, Builders Say

(August 25, 2020, 11:40 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — Homebuilders sued three subcontractor insurers in Arizona federal court on Aug. 21 for breach of contract and bad faith for refusing to defend 13 construction defect claims and causing them to incur $542,000 in out-of-pocket defense costs (Centex Real Estate Construction Company, et al. v. Clarendon National Insurance Company, et al., No. 20-1640, D. Ariz.)....