Insurer Has No Duty To Defend, Indemnify Shareholder Derivative Suit, Judge Rules

Mealey's (June 26, 2019, 1:12 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on June 24 held that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify against an underlying shareholder derivative lawsuit because the policy’s insured versus insured (IVI) exclusion bars coverage and the insured has failed to establish that any exception to the exclusion applies to trigger coverage (World Water Works Holdings, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co., et al., No. 17-5237, N.D. Ill., Eastern Div., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104938)....