Parties Dispute Conditional Privilege In Amended Reinsurance Interference Suit

Mealey's (June 29, 2022, 3:29 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Defendants in a suit alleging tortious interference with reinsurance contracts on June 9 asked an Illinois federal court to dismiss the case, arguing in part that the insurer has not met its burden of overcoming the conditional privilege they enjoy as agents for the reinsurer in question;  in opposition filed June 23, the insurer contends that the complaint states a claim for “exactly the type of malice Illinois law seeks to prevent.”...