Insurer Owes Coverage For BIPA Violation Claims Against Insured, Panel Affirms

(June 19, 2023, 8:47 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling that a business liability insurer owes coverage for two underlying putative class actions alleging that the insured violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), agreeing with the lower court that the facial breadth of the catch-all provision in the violation-of-statues exclusion gives rise to an ambiguity in the insurance policy that must be construed in favor of the insured....