Defense Costs Count In Determining If Self-Insured Retention Limit Was Met

Mealey's (December 5, 2022, 4:51 PM EST) -- MIAMI — A Florida federal judge partially granted an insured’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a breach of contract and bad faith suit arising out of a coverage dispute for toxic emissions created by the insured’s practice of sugarcane burning after determining that the policy clearly states that defense costs are to be included when calculating the policy’s self-insured retention limit....