Trip Insurance Suits Against Generali Face Federal Panel Review

A panel of federal judges zeroed in on a potential location in assessing whether to consolidate travelers’ lawsuits against an Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. unit for insurance coverage of pandemic-disrupted trips.

“I don’t think there’s much disagreement that the cases should be centralized,” said Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, one of seven members of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that heard oral argument Thursday in the Generali consolidation case.

Gorton, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, asked why a dozen cases against Generali shouldn’t be funneled to New York, where the insurer is headquartered.

“Why ...