Insurers are seeking a court ruling that late filing is reason enough to deny a commercial claim in Illinois and they do not need to show policyholder interference when the claim was investigated.

The carriers' argument was made in a brief submitted to the Illinois state Supreme Court.

Filed by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Property and Casualty Insurer's Association of America and the Illinois Insurance Association, the argument concerns the case of Country Mutual Insurance Co. v. Livorsi Marine, Inc., which is currently being considered by the court.

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