It has become routine in the past ten years or so for liability insurance companies to deny insurance coverage for sexual abuse claims, often on the theory that sexual abuse is intentional in nature. Many liability insurance policies commonly adopt the definition of “occurrence” which requires that a claim must arise from an “accident.” Under these policies, whether allegations of sexual abuse are encompassed by the term “accident” will determine whether the abuse claims are covered.
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