An Alabama insurance agency cannot yet escape a boat dealer’s claim that the agency failed to refund thousands of dollars after coverage was canceled in 2023, the state Supreme Court said in a recent decision.
McCarron Insurance Group, an independent agency in Orange Beach, had been dismissed from a lawsuit brought by Gulf Shores Power Sports Inc., a boat and equipment dealership, after the agency handed over $15,114 to the Circuit Court in Baldwin County. It’s known as an interpleader action: A party to a dispute turns at least some of the disputed funds over to the court, while the claim is sorted out.
But the boat dealer contends that the agency owes it much more—at least $75,300—in unearned premiums, and that McCarron should not have been dismissed from the suit…