Excess Insurer Entitled To Recover $5M Settlement Payment, 9th Circuit Affirms

Mealey's (July 11, 2017, 2:04 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 7 affirmed a lower federal court’s finding that a software firm insured's former first-layer excess directors and officers liability insurer is entitled to recover the $5 million it paid to settle an underlying securities action plus prejudgment interest from the insured's latter first-layer excess directors and officers liability insurer (Genesis Insurance Co. v. Magma Design Automation Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., No. 15-16999, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 12194)....