Madoff: The Insurance Coverage Litigation Arrives

Madoff: The Insurance Coverage Litigation Arrives - 7/16/2009

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Madoff: The Insurance Coverage Litigation Arrives
Kevin LaCroix

The D & O Diary. July 16, 2009
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EXCERPT: Given the massive amount of litigation arising out of the Madoff scandal as well as the enormous sums of money involved it is perhaps inevitable that the scandal would also generate its own category of insurance coverage litigation. As the two cases described below demonstrate, the Madoff-related coverage litigation has now arrived. There undoubtedly will be much more to come in the weeks and months ahead. The first of the two recently filed coverage complaints was filed on July 14, 2009 in Hennepin County (Minn.) District Court by Upsher-Smith Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company. A copy of the complaint can be found here. Since 1995, Upsher-Smith had invested all of its funds in its profit sharing plan with Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC. As of December 2008, the company had invested $12 million in plan assets with Madoff. The company had also invested millions of its own with Madoff. As a result of the plan losses, the U.S. Department of Labor launched an investigation, and by letter dated June 30, 2009, the DOL has demanded that the company "restore losses" to the plan, or the DOL may file a lawsuit. Upsher-Smith filed a claim with its "Employee Benefits Plan Administrative Liability" insurer in connection with the plan losses and the DOL’s actions. The company has also filed an action with its crime insurer in connection with its own separate losses. Both carriers have denied coverage. In its July 14, 2009 complaint, Upsher-Smith seeks a judicial declaration of coverage under both policies, and also alleges breach of contract against both insurers. The second of the two complaints was filed on July 15, 2009 in the Southern District of New York by Ann & Hope, Inc., which operates retail stores, as well as by an affiliated entity and affiliated persons.

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