Legal Opinion
Commercial Union Insurance v. Swiss Reinsurance America Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 27, 2005No. 04-1709PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This is a dispute between an insurance company — Commercial Union Insurance Company (“Commercial Union”) — -and one of its reinsurers, Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation (“Swiss Re”). The principal issue is whether, under several three-year reinsurance policies, Swiss Re was protected by a single per-occurrence limit on its liability for the three-year policy period or whether the limit applies separately for each policy year, thereby enlarging Swiss Re’s total exposure.
The background events involve three different tiers of insurance, coverage periods that do not…
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