Michigan Panel Affirms Ruling In Favor Of Insurance Agent In Negligence Suit

(February 27, 2024, 12:03 PM EST) -- DETROIT — A Michigan appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary disposition in favor of an insurance agent and agency in an insured’s negligence lawsuit arising from its lack of flood coverage, finding that the defendants did not owe the insured a duty to assess and ensure the adequacy of its business insurance coverage and that the insured failed to establish a special relationship giving rise to that duty....