(November 6, 2023, 2:33 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — An insurer’s suit seeking a declaration that nine policies issued under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) do not provide coverage to its insured for an oil discharge from the insured’s oil wells following Hurricane Ivan must be dismissed because the insurer does not have standing to bring the claims against its insured since the U.S. government, and not its insured, is the entity seeking to recover under the policies issued to the insured, a Louisiana federal judge said in granting the insured’s motion to dismiss....