Builder May Depose Some Insurance Execs About Underwriting Process, Judge Rules

TAMPA, Fla. - A federal judge has permitted the depositions of two executives at Chartis who were involved in underwriting policies that are the subject of a Chinese drywall coverage action filed against the insurer by Taylor Morrison Inc. Taylor Morrison Inc., et al. v. Chartis Specialty Insurance Co., No. 10-1347 (M.D. Fla.).

In a June 2 order, Judge Elizabeth A. Jenkins of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted in part a motion by Taylor Morrison to compel the depositions of six Chartis executives, determining that two of them have firsthand knowledge of the underwriting …