Judge Deems Policy Void For Misrepresentations About Business Operating As A Bar

( November 5, 2025, 2:20 PM EST) -- SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge on Nov. 4 granted an insurer’s motion for default judgment in its suit seeking rescission of a commercial liability policy for purported misrepresentations about operating the business as a bar, finding that because the misrepresentations “were material to the risk” and the insurer relied on the misrepresentations when issuing the policy, the insurer was entitled to rescind the policy....