NU Online News Service, Sept. 19, 10:59 a.m. EDT

Insurer Steadfast does not have a duty to defend AES Corp. in a climate-change case alleging that AES' emissions have contributed to rising sea levels threatening the village of Kivalina, Alaska.

AES was named in the case of Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil Corp., et al., and requested that its insurer, Steadfast, an indirect subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services, provide a defense and insurance coverage against claims that its emissions had contributed to rising sea levels in Kivalina.

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