REPUBLIC FRANKLIN INSURANCE COMPANY v. TRAVELERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

  1. July 06, 2022

    Travelers Needn't Share Costs In $5.6M Trade Secrets Suit

    A Utica National Insurance Group unit is not entitled to reimbursement from another insurer for defense and settlement costs incurred in a $5.6 million trade secrets suit, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying Travelers had no duty to defend the parties' mutual insured in the underlying suit.

  2. December 09, 2021

    Utica Fights To Keep Travelers In $5.6M Trade Secrets Suit

    A Utica National Insurance Group unit told a New Jersey federal judge not to let Travelers off the hook in a dispute over shared defense and indemnification costs for a $5.6 million trade secrets suit, saying Travelers wrongly denied coverage.

  3. November 04, 2021

    Utica Says Travelers Must Split $5.6M Trade Secrets Suit

    A Utica National Insurance Group company told a New Jersey federal court that Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. of America needs to share in paying almost $5.6 million in coverage costs for a trade secrets suit, arguing the suit made allegations of defamation that fall under the Travelers policy.

  4. November 03, 2021

    Travelers Says It Needn't Share Costs In Trade Secrets Suit

    Travelers asked a New Jersey federal court Wednesday to find that it doesn't have to share in a Utica unit's obligation to cover a trade secrets suit between an insurance broker and a human resources company, saying coverage is only available under the Utica policy.

  5. March 22, 2018

    Insurer Denied Quick Win In Coverage Row Over $7M Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday said it was premature to give Republic Franklin Insurance Co. a quick win in its bid to make Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. of America share the costs of defending a nearly $7 million trade secrets suit, ruling that it's possible Republic's claim could have been raised in related litigation.