Two insurers have asked a federal court to declare that Zurich must defend a contractor as an additional insured, a new complaint says.
Valley Forge Insurance Company and Northern Colorado Constructors, Inc. (NCC) filed a declaratory judgment action against Zurich American Insurance Company on July 23, 2026, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, according to the complaint. They are asking the court to declare that Zurich must defend and indemnify NCC as an additional insured under a commercial general liability policy that Zurich issued to Griffin Dewatering LLC.
The dispute stems from a $13.5 million contract to build approximately 7,400 feet of sanitary sewer pipe for the City of Westminster, Colorado, the filing states. NCC engaged Griffin as its dewatering subcontractor, the work of keeping groundwater out of the trenches during construction, according to the complaint…