Insurer: Employer’s Liability Exclusion Bars Coverage For Suit Against Subcontractor

Mealey's (April 20, 2021, 11:40 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A businessowners insurer recently asked the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower federal court’s finding that it has a duty to defend and indemnify its roofing subcontractor insured against an underlying lawsuit arising from a fatal construction site accident, arguing that the policy’s employer’s liability exclusion bars coverage....