Insurer Claims Improper Reinsurance Fee Retention Bars Duty To Defend, Indemnify

( July 20, 2026, 2:51 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Claiming that policies it issued to insurance intermediaries exclude claims involving the return of commissions or premiums, an insurer seeks judgment in a California federal court declaring that it has no obligation to defend or indemnify the intermediaries in litigation in which several reinsurers claim that the intermediaries improperly retained commissions and fees from premiums....