Policy Exclusion Bars Coverage For BIPA Suit, Illinois Panel Rules In Reversal

( December 4, 2024, 10:57 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel held that insurers have no duty to defend their insured against an underlying class action lawsuit alleging that the insured violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) because the policies’ “Recording and Distribution” exclusion barred coverage, reversing a lower court’s judgment in favor of the insured and remanding....