Insurers Fight Boy Scouts Over Bankruptcy Plan to Pay Victims

A $2.7 billion plan by the Boy Scouts of America to create the biggest-ever fund in the U.S. for sexual abuse victims came under court attack Monday by insurance companies, which claim some people will get paid without providing verifiable proof they were molested.

At the start of a trial that could last weeks, a group of insurers pressed their argument that the trust fund is unfair because it allows payouts to people who wouldn’t be able to prove they were abused if they faced a traditional jury trial.

The insurers, which include American International Group, Liberty Mutual Insurance ...