General Accident Insurance v. New York Marine & General Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

STEINBERG, J.A.D.

This is a dispute between two primary insurance carriers, plaintiff General Accident Insurance Company (General Accident) and defendant New York Marine and General Insurance Company (Mutual Marine), each of whom has issued liability policies covering, for specified risks, Whibco, Inc., and its employee Beiling Loh. Mutual Marine, under a reservation of rights, had defended the insureds from the time of the commencement of the litigation against them. General Accident, although timely noticed of the suit, chose to ignore the litigation…