Insurer Ordered To Produce Documents Related To Occupational Disease Claims

(June 11, 2024, 11:02 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal judge ordered an insurer to produce claims manuals, guidelines and policies related to the insurer’s evaluation of occupational disease and employer liability claims because the documents, requested by the insured, are relevant to the insurer’s handling of the insured’s claim for coverage for an underlying asbestos bodily injury claim....