ERISA Exclusion Bars Professional Liability Coverage For DOL Suit, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (November 30, 2021, 9:17 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 24 affirmed a lower federal court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a professional liability insurer, finding that the policy’s Employee Retirement Income Security Act exclusion bars coverage for an underlying lawsuit brought against the insureds by the former U.S. secretary of Labor....