AIG denied McKesson's claims for coverage for several reasons, including a failure to establish exhaustion of self-insured retentions, and failure to provide efficient information about the lawsuits. (Credit: Kristoffer Tripplaar/ Sipa via AP ) AIG denied McKesson's claims for coverage for several reasons, including a failure to establish exhaustion of self-insured retentions, and failure to provide efficient information about the lawsuits. (Credit: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa via AP)

AIU Insurance Company (AIU) and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg, Penn., are asking courts to relieve them of obligations to defend or indemnify McKesson Corp. from lawsuits seeking to hold the corporation liable for the role it played during the opioid epidemic.

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