Insurer Asks Panel To Reject Insured's 'Effort To Manufacture A Duty To Defend'

Mealey's (August 7, 2020, 3:56 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Exactly one month after an insured appealed an Illinois federal judge's ruling in favor of an insurer in a coverage dispute arising from underlying claims that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the insurer responded July 15 by asking the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reject the insured's "effort to manufacture a duty to defend where the insurance policies plainly exclude it" (Zurich American Insurance Company, et al. v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., No. 19-3052, 7th Cir.)....