State High Court: Duty To Defend Is Not Negated When Insured Enables Trafficking

( July 24, 2026, 3:29 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Answering a certified question from the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that neither an insurer’s duty to defend nor its duty to indemnify is abrogated on the basis of public policy when the insured is purported to have enabled or profited from sex trafficking....