No Coverage Owed For Underlying Asbestos Exposure Claim Filed Against Insured

Mealey's (January 30, 2020, 9:02 AM EST) -- MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — The Fifth District Illinois Appellate Court on Jan. 27 affirmed a trial court’s ruling that an employers liability insurer has no duty to defend an insured against an underlying asbestos bodily injury claim because the underlying asbestos exposure claim qualifies as a “bodily injury by disease” and is subject to the policy’s 36-month suit limitation provision (Apex Oil Co. Inc. v. Arrowood Indemnity Co., No. 5-18-0396, Ill. App., 5th Dist., 2020 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 107)....