Excess Insurer Permitted To Pay Same Attorney Fee Rate As Primary Insurer

( April 1, 2025, 9:31 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — An excess insurer cannot force an insured water utility company to choose substitute counsel to represent it in underlying lawsuits stemming from lead-contaminated water but the excess insurer can pay the same attorney fee rate as the primary insurer because the excess policy follow forms to the insured’s primary policy....