Federal Magistrate Judge Orders TIG to Produce 256 Documents

NEW YORK - A New York federal magistrate judge has ordered TIG Insurance Co. to release 256 documents to AIU Insurance Co. in a $12.3 million action involving reinsurance coverage for Foster Wheeler asbestos claims. AIU Insurance Co. v. TIG Insurance Co., No. 07-CIV-7052 (S.D. N.Y.).

On Aug. 28, Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the documents are not protected by the attorney-client or work-product doctrines. The documents contain information relating to TIG's handling of claims under the reinsurance contracts, TIG's July 2007 audit of AIU's files, and …