Employers Insurance of Wausau

Eight Bermuda based companies are among the defendants in a recently civil lawsuit filed recently by clients of broker Marsh & McLennan who claim they were damaged in a bid rigging scam. One of the plaintiffs is also incorporated in Bermuda.

A Bermuda-based captive and its U. S. parent have filed a lawsuit in Arizona in an attempt to avoid having to pay reinsurance claims totaling $409,586. The lawsuit was filed by Kettlebrook Insurance Company Ltd., which is incorporated in Bermuda, and Invitrogen Corporation, which is incorporated in Delaware and based in California, against Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, a.k.a. Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Wisconsin-based mutual insurer, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona on January 18, 2006.

AT&T Corp. has filed a civil complaint against 15 insurers, including XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., over allegedly unpaid property damage and business interruption claims concerning 9/11. The telecommunications giant, which is registered in New York but based in New Jersey,  is seeking an award of not less than $139 million in an action filed at New Jersey Superior Court on June 11, 2004.