Liberty Mutual Sues to Avoid Paying for Colorado Fire Litigation

A Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. unit’s policy issued to a telecommunications contractor doesn’t cover litigation against a company that hired the contractor a decade ago to install lines that were later connected to a Colorado fire, the insurer said in a lawsuit.

CenturyLink, a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies Inc., didn’t qualify as an additional insured under the policy, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. said in a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado.

CenturyLink was named in three suits—brought by Target Corp., property insurers, and residents and homeowners—alleging that its telecommunications lines may have ...