As the NFL and its former players do battle in the courts, the NFL is also battling to find out who was/is covering them from an insurance perspective.
The answer is not so simple and really could be the tipping point in the sports concussion issue we are facing today. The simple reason is this, if insurance companies refuse to indemnify leagues, schools, clubs, etc. for whatever reason related to injury, then how will the get coverage? If they cannot get coverage then they cannot afford to provide the sport.
The National Football League is seeking coverage from insurers that it says have refused to provide a defense as the league faces hundreds of concussion-related lawsuits from former players—but insurers are claiming they have no duty to indemnify or defend the NFL.The list of defendants in a civil case filed Aug. 15 by the NFL and NFL Properties in California Superior Court includes companies from insurance groups such as Chartis, Chubb, Fireman’s Fund, Travelers, Hartford, OneBeacon, Ace, Allstate, XL, Transatlantic, Crum & Forster and Alterra.
Alterra filed papers with the Supreme Court Continue reading