Federal Judge Sides With Insured in Dispute Over Nationwide's UIM 'Clarifications'

"In short, Mr. McGuire is right. The prior policy's exclusion didn't exclude UM/UIM coverage for an unlicensed driver. And the one product policy clearly does," wrote U.S. District Judge Nicholas Ranjan of the Western District of Pennsylvania.

September 13, 2024 at 12:15 PM

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Insurance Litigation

Riley Brennan

In an underinsured motorist insurance coverage dispute, a federal judge in Pennsylvania determined an initial policy's stacking coverage waiver didn't apply to an operative insurance policy, finding "clarifications" to the policy's coverage were really reductions in coverage.

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