Excess Policy’s Pollution Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage For Oil Spill

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 11:40 AM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — An excess insurer’s pollution exclusion cannot be applied as a bar to coverage for an oil spill because the excess policy follows form to an underlying policy that does not include a pollution exclusion, a Louisiana federal judge said July 16 (Central Crude Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 17-308, W.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118352)....

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