Harvard Contract Claims Filed Too Late Against Insurance Broker

Harvard University’s contract claims against insurance broker Marsh USA Inc., seeking to recoup up to $15 million in legal fees associated with defending its use of affirmative action in admissions, were dismissed in federal court for being time-barred.

Harvard filed its lawsuit in October 2023, one year after the six-year statute of limitations passed on its contract claims against Marsh, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Judge Allison Burroughs said in her Thursday opinion.

The school alleged Marsh failed to notify in a timely manner the university’s primary insurer, Zurich American Insurance Co., about a 2014 lawsuit from ...