Insurer Owed Subcontractor Duty To Report Claims Submissions To Insurers

Mealey's (July 19, 2022, 2:42 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington on July 14 partially granted a subcontractor’s partial motion for summary judgment against an insurance broker in a coverage dispute stemming from the subcontractor’s alleged damages incurred from its work on a construction project and the broker’s alleged failure to submit the subcontractor’s claims to the necessary general liability insurers, ruling that the subcontractor sufficiently pleaded that the broker owed the subcontractor a duty to report its submissions to the insurers....