March 21, 2018
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday denied summary judgment to insurance broker Hays Group in a suit over coverage for an oil services contractor whose worker died in a terrorist massacre, adopting the recommendation of a magistrate judge who said there were factual issues in dispute.
July 27, 2017
Insurance broker Hays Group asked a Texas federal court Wednesday to grant summary judgment in a suit over coverage for an oil services contractor whose worker died in a terrorist massacre, saying Hays didn't cause ambiguity regarding the worker's status in the Ace American Insurance policy it sold to a recruiting firm.
March 24, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Thursday adopted a magistrate's recommendation issued last month and denied Orion Project Services LLC's bid for an early win on its claims that its insurer owes it defense costs for a suit brought by the family of a worker killed in a 2013 terror attack.
March 21, 2017
Ace Insurance Co. hit back Monday against arguments that it owes Orion Project Services LLC coverage for the death of a worker in a 2013 terror attack, saying the evidence is clear that he was not working for Orion when he died.
March 13, 2017
Orion Project Services LLC objected Friday to a federal magistrate judge's recommendation that the court reject its argument that Ace American Insurance Co. had a duty to defend it in a suit brought by a worker slain in a 2013 terror attack, saying the judge used a too-narrow definition of "employee."
February 27, 2017
A federal magistrate judge on Friday recommended that Orion Project Services LLC’s bid for a quick win on claims that Ace American Insurance Co. had a duty to defend it in a suit brought by a worker slain in a terror attack at a BP plant in Algeria should be denied, saying the underlying suit said the worker provided services to BP, not Orion.
November 15, 2016
Orion Project Services LLC told a Texas federal judge Monday that Ace American Insurance Co. should not be granted a quick win in Orion's suit seeking defense costs related to a worker slain in a terror attack at a BP plant in Algeria, saying the insurer's bid is premature.
September 02, 2016
Ace American Insurance Co. told a Texas federal judge on Thursday it won’t pay a recruiter’s defense costs against claims over a worker who was killed during a 2013 terrorist attack at a BP plant in Algeria, saying it’s a fact the man wasn’t an official employee of the company.
August 12, 2016
Ace American Insurance Co. must cover a recruitment company's defense against claims over a worker killed during a 2013 terrorist attack at a BP plant in Algeria, because he clearly qualified as an employee under the at-issue policy, the company told a Texas federal court Thursday.
May 19, 2016
Ace American Insurance Co. was hit with a Texas federal court suit Wednesday slamming the insurer for refusing to defend a recruitment company against claims brought by the family of a worker killed during a 2013 terrorist attack at a BP plant in Algeria.