March 31, 2026
An insurer doesn't owe additional coverage to the owner of a vacant church building beyond the $875,000 it already paid for a 2021 arson fire, a Missouri federal court ruled Tuesday, finding that the owner materially breached the policy's cooperation clause by failing to properly submit its damages.
March 29, 2023
A Missouri federal judge declined on Wednesday to toss an insurance coverage case, saying "actual controversy" existed between the owner of a historic dilapidated St. Louis church building and its insurer over the cost of 2021 arson damage to the vacant building's bell tower.