Louisiana Safety Ass'n of Timbermen-Self Insurers Fund v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty

KNOLL, Justice. *

^JjThis case involves the res nova question in this Court of whether the unpaid claims of the Louisiana Safety Association of Timbermen Self-Insurers Fund (“Fund”) arising from the insolvency of Reliance Indemnity Company (“Reliance”) are covered claims under La.Rev.Stat. § 22:1375-1394, 1 the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association law (“LIGA”). Finding the Fund was an insurer for purposes of LIGA coverage and that Reliance was the Fund’s reinsurer, not an excess insurer, we reverse the lower courts’ determinations that the Fund’s unpaid Reliance claims were covered claims…