Reliance National Indemnity Co. v. General Star Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that where different insurance carriers cover different risks and liabilities as between excess and primary insurers, they may proceed against one another for reimbursement by subrogation
• ‘‘[t]he Courts of Appeal have held [that] ‘[i]t is settled under California law that an excess or secondary policy does not cover a loss, nor does any duty to defend the insured arise until all of the primary insurance has been exhausted’ ’’ (emphasis omitted
• ‘‘[t]he Courts of Appeal have held [that] ‘[i]t is settled under California law that an excess or secondary policy does not cover a loss, nor does any duty to defend the insured arise until all of the primary insurance has been exhausted’ ’’ (emphasis omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).