Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has announced that his archdiocese is suing its long-time primary insurance company, Chubb, for “attempting to evade their legal and moral contractual obligation to settle covered claims” of sex abuse.
“It has always been our wish to expeditiously settle all meritorious claims,” Dolan said on 1 October announcing the lawsuit. “However, Chubb, for decades our primary insurance company, even though we have paid them over $2 billion in premium by today’s standards, is now attempting to evade their legal and moral contractual obligation to settle covered claims which would bring peace and healing to victim-survivors.”
