Professional Liability Insurer: No Breach Of Duty As Claim Was Paid Under Lower Limit

Mealey's (December 8, 2020, 12:02 PM EST) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A professional liability insurer contends in a Dec. 4 reply brief to a Connecticut federal court that a settlement of negligence allegations against a captive manager is a “governmental” claim that is capped and was paid under the policy’s $25,000 sublimit and not under the policy’s $3 million limit as suggested by an insolvent insurer’s receiver (Trinidad Navarro v. Allied World Surplus Lines Insurance Company, No. 20-1305, D. Conn.)....