September 26, 2025
Chubb's Century Indemnity Co. and ACE American unit Pacific Employers Insurance Co. have received a Connecticut federal judge's approval to pay $9 million to a pump manufacturer's Chapter 7 estate, allowing the insurers to settle claims that The Nash Engineering Co. fraudulently transferred policies meant to cover asbestos claims.
March 14, 2025
The U.S. Trustee's Office has challenged a proposed $9 million settlement between a Chapter 7 trustee for a bankrupt Connecticut pump company and two insurers, saying the agreement nonconsensually deprives third parties of their asbestos-related personal injury claims against the insurance carriers.