CSAC Excess Ins. Co. v. CA Ins. Guarantee Assn.
Plaintiff CSAC Excess Insurance Authority (hereafter CSAC), a joint powers authority (see Gov. Code, § 6500 et seq.) formed to cover the workers’ compensation obligations of its member counties through a combination of risk retention and excess insurance, ultimately sought a declaration in the present action that its workers’ compensation payments for two of its members in excess of the agreed retention ($500,000) with a now defunct insurer—the Protective National Insurance Company of Omaha (hereafter Protective)—are within the statutory definition of unpaid “covered claims” that defendant California Insurance Guarantee Association (hereafter CIGA) has an obligation to reimburse (Ins. Code, § 1063 et seq.). On stipulated facts, CSAC sought summary judgment. The trial court issued a ruling in February 2016 that CIGA had breached its statutory duty to reimburse CSAC for the excess workers’ compensation coverage due under the Protective policy.
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