No Excess Coverage For Insurer’s Receiver’s Clawback Claim, Judge Finds

Mealey's (July 16, 2019, 1:55 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — Because an illegal advantage exclusion applies and a clawback claim filed by an insurer’s receiver was not a claim for a “wrongful act,” a Florida federal judge ruled July 12 that an excess insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured (Akshay M. Desai v. Navigators Insurance Co., No. 18-1843, M.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115897)....