June 17, 2025
An insurer cannot force another to defend a property owner in an underlying worker injury lawsuit through the doctrine of equitable estoppel after both insurers ultimately agreed the policy in question isn't triggered, a New York federal court ruled, finding the policy unambiguous.
August 02, 2024
An AmTrust Financial unit and a Hartford unit each told a New York federal court that the other must solely cover a Manhattan property owner in a construction worker's $2 million injury action, disagreeing over whether the owner is an additional insured under the Hartford unit's policy covering a lessee.
November 29, 2023
A Hartford unit removed to New York federal court Wednesday its dispute with an AmTrust Financial unit over which insurer must be primarily on the hook for defending a construction worker's $2 million injury action, arguing that the court retains diversity jurisdiction.