Interference Claim Over Reinsurance Fails; Dismissal Notes Conditional Privilege

Mealey's (October 19, 2022, 11:21 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Ruling that a tortious-interference claim “is, at heart, simply repackaged breach-of-contract claims” and that the plaintiff did not overcome the conditional privilege the defendants have as a reinsurer’s agents under Illinois law, an Illinois federal judge on Oct. 18 granted dismissal of the case with prejudice....