Professional Services Exclusion Does Not Apply As Bar To Coverage, Judge Says

( January 20, 2026, 10:02 AM EST) -- HAMMOND, Ind. — A professional services exclusion does not apply as a bar to coverage for an underlying suit filed against an insured crane inspection company because the inspection by the company does not qualify as a professional service as the company’s inspectors did not have extensive training and operated more like technicians, an Indiana federal judge said in denying the insurer’s motion for partial summary judgment and granting the insured’s motion for partial summary judgment....