Up until at least 2017, the complaint said AIG and affiliated entities paid or authorized payments for Colt's Manufacturing Co.'s defense costs. However, on May 28, 2021, an analyst at AIG Claims Inc. informed Colt that it would no longer pay the defense fees in the Gary lawsuit. Credit: Colt's Manufacturing Co. Up until at least 2017, the complaint said AIG and affiliated entities paid or authorized payments for Colt's Manufacturing Co.'s defense costs. However, on May 28, 2021, an analyst at AIG Claims Inc. informed Colt that it would no longer pay the defense fees in the Gary lawsuit. Credit: Colt's Manufacturing Co.

Gunmaker Colt's Manufacturing Co. sued insurers AIG Specialty Insurance Co. and Pittsburgh-based National Union Fire Insurance Co. in U.S. District Court in Connecticut for an alleged breach of contract after the insurers stopped funding the gunmaker's legal defense in a case that has been winding its way through the courts for more than two decades.

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Emily Cousins

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