A US appeals court has upheld that insurance company United Specialty, a unit of Markel, did not have to defend or indemnify Kentucky nightclub Cole ’s Place following a deadly shooting in 2015. The decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to be appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court.
A US appeals court has upheld that insurance company United Specialty, a unit of Markel, did not have to defend or indemnify Kentucky nightclub Cole’s Place following a deadly shooting in 2015. The decision was based on an assault and battery exclusion in United Specialty's insurance policy, which covered bodily injury and property damage.