Boy Scouts’ Insurer Seeks More Scrutiny of ‘Tainted’ Abuse Claims

The Boy Scouts of America is facing its insurers’ renewed concerns over sexual abuse claims against the bankrupt organization following a plaintiff attorney’s recent statement that his signature was used in claim filings without his “knowledge or permission.”

More investigating is needed to examine the more than 80,000 claims of sexual abuse lodged against the nonprofit to make sure its proposed process for establishing a victims’ trust isn’t “controlled by the votes of claimants with illegitimate claims,” the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company said in a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

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