Climate, Insurance Row Considered by Hawaii High Court (Correct)

Two AIG Inc. units and a gas company debated before Hawaii’s high court whether the insurers were required to cover legal bills in climate change lawsuits against the gas company.

The case is one of the first insurance disputes over climate change-related claims to reach the appellate level.

Two Hawaiian local government lawsuits against the Sunoco LP subsidiary alleged that its fossil fuel products caused climate change-related damages. Aloha Petroleum Ltd. sued National Union Fire Insurance Co. and American Home Assurance Co. in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii after both insurers refused to pay its legal ...