D&O Insurance: Warranty Exclusion Precludes Coverage Due to Application Misrepresentation

A federal district court has held that because of an insured company’s application misrepresentation about possible M&A activity, a D&O insurance policy’s Warranty Exclusion precludes coverage for the policyholder’s costs incurred in defending claims arising out of the insured company’s acquisition. The court’s opinion raises interesting questions about how the meaning of application questions is to be determined. Central District of California Judge Phillip Gutierrez’s February 4, 2019 opinion in the case can be found here. An April 15, 2019 post on the Wiley Rein law firm’s Executive Summary Blog can be found here.   Background ServiceMesh was a start-up technology company providing cloud computing services. As early as January 2013, ServiceMesh’s Chief Technology Officer, at the request of the company’s CEO, reached out to several business partners, including Computer Sciences, in communications that involved…

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