Records prepared by an insurance company leading up to its denial of a claim for a purportedly vandalized boat are not shielded by the attorney-client privilege, said a Brooklyn appellate panel.

The Appellate Division, Second Department, ruled that Encompass Indemnity Company’s unredacted electronic claims diary and letters from its attorney about the claim “were not primarily and predominantly of a legal character,” affirming a lower court’s disclosure order in a unanimous Dec. 18 decision.