February 27, 2024
A Markel unit does not owe coverage to an egg supplier for losses it sustained due to an avian flu outbreak in 2022, a Minnesota federal judge ruled Tuesday, finding that a communicable disease exclusion in a site pollution and environmental policy precluded coverage.
August 10, 2023
An Iowa-based egg producer is not entitled to coverage for losses it sustained when it closed its facilities and euthanized poultry after an avian flu outbreak, a Markel unit told a Minnesota federal court, saying the policy's communicable disease exclusion bars coverage.
January 12, 2023
A recently confirmed federal judge recused himself from a lawsuit by a Markel unit seeking to avoid coverage of an Iowa-based egg producer that had to close its facilities and euthanize poultry because of an avian flu outbreak.
June 10, 2022
A Markel unit shouldn't have to cover an Iowa-based egg producer that had to close its facilities and euthanize poultry due to an avian flu outbreak, the insurer told a Minnesota federal court, arguing the disease doesn't count as a "pollution condition" under an environmental policy.