Trump’s Chicago Hotel Can’t Stick Insurer With Pollution Bill

Insurers of Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower have no legal obligation to pay insurance claims in connection with the hotel’s allegedly improper use of Chicago River water for its cooling system, an Illinois appellate court said on Wednesday.

Chubb Ltd., Continental Casualty Co., and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. each sought a court-issued declaration that they owed no duty to defend the hotel from an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit, asserting their policies provided to the hotel insurance coverage for “property damage” from an “occurrence.”

“We cannot find that this alleged conduct constitutes an ‘occurrence’ under the terms of ...