Judge:  ERISA Exclusion Bars Professional Liability Coverage For DOL’s Lawsuit

Mealey's (July 16, 2020, 1:37 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on July 15 granted a professional liability insurer’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the policy’s Employment Retirement Income Security Act exclusion bars coverage for an underlying lawsuit brought against the insureds by the former secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (Gemini Insurance Company v. Thomas E. Potts, Jr., et al., No. 16-612, S.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124027)....