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Insurance Policy’s Promise to Advance Claims Expense for Covered Claims Does Not Create a Duty to Defend

Posted by Christopher Kendrick- Haight on Jul 29th 2019

Insurance Policy’s Promise to Advance Claims Expense for Covered Claims Does Not Create a Duty to Defend
In United Farm Workers of America v. Hudson Insurance Company, (E.D. Cal.) 2019 WL 1517568, the United Farm Workers of America union (UFW) sued Hudson Insurance Company for breach of contract and bad faith arising out of a former employee’s wrongful termination and wage and hour lawsuit.Hudson provided UFW with Labor Professional Liability Insurance that included employment practices liability coverage. Hudson reserved its rights and agreed to pay an allocated share of the defense costs, citing
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