Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA

  1. June 22, 2023

    Convicted Ex-CEO Claims Utility Must Pay $2.5M Defense Fees

    Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative's former CEO, who was convicted of stealing public funds to pay for lavish trips to the Kentucky Derby and elsewhere, hit the utility with an indemnification lawsuit in Connecticut federal court Wednesday, alleging the cooperative is unfairly demanding he repay $2.5 million in defense fees.

  2. September 14, 2022

    AIG Unit Says It Won't Cover Utility Over Leaders' Indictments

    An AIG unit says an electric cooperative is recycling old, denied arguments in a lawsuit in Connecticut federal court over whether the cooperative should receive coverage after members of its leadership team were indicted.

  3. March 08, 2022

    Insurer Dragging Feet On Court-Ordered Payment, Utility Says

    An AIG unit failed to honor a court ruling requiring it to advance defense costs to an insured power utility for underlying criminal and civil actions, the policyholder told a Connecticut federal court, requesting a preliminary injunction to compel the payments.

  4. November 01, 2021

    AIG Unit Has To Cover Utility's Legal Fees After All

    A Connecticut federal court reversed its September ruling that an AIG unit didn't need to cover an insured utility company's legal fees from two indictments and civil litigation defense, finding Friday that it had overlooked information in its previous decision and that the insurer was on the hook for the fees.

  5. September 22, 2021

    AIG Unit Must Cover Subpoena Costs, Conn. Utility Tells Judge

    A Connecticut utility said a federal judge overlooked evidence when she freed an AIG unit from having to cover two federal subpoenas against it, asking the court to reconsider the recent ruling.

  6. September 15, 2021

    AIG Unit Needn't Cover Conn. Utility's Subpoena Costs

    A Connecticut federal judge said an AIG unit does not need to cover costs that a power utility incurred responding to two subpoenas in a federal investigation into potential financial wrongdoing by the utility's directors, but said the insurer can't deny coverage related to the directors' indictments.