Ascher v. Pennsylvania Insurance Guaranty

McEWEN, President Judge:

While the procedural and factual history of these consolidated appeals, which arise from a dispute as to the nature of appellant Pennsylvania Insurance Guaranty Association’s liability for claims against an insolvent insurer, is unusually lengthy and complex, the pivotal issue for resolution by this Court is: What did our legislature intend when it provided that “as to any covered claims arising from a judgment under any decision, verdict or finding based on the default of the insolvent insurer or its failure to defend an insured, the association ... may apply to have…