Boston--Rescinding policies is never an easy road for professional liability insurers==and a recent court decision makes it even more difficult, a defense lawyer told an insurance industry conference here.

His advice came during a session of the International Conference of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, which also heard a claims professional, an underwriter and a broker review the many considerations and processes to be undertaken before a rescission action.

The details concerning the court decision were presented by Harvey Weiner, a defense lawyer for Peabody & Arnold.

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