American Family Asks N.Y. Court to Dismiss Mariah Re Storm Loss Claims

NEW YORK — American Family Mutual Insurance Co. has moved to dismiss claims in which the liquidators of Mariah Re Ltd. accuse the insurer of breaching a reinsurance contract by accepting payment for severe storm losses that was based on an allegedly falsified loss report.

In its Nov. 20 motion to dismiss filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, American Family asserts the liquidators fail to identify which provisions of the agreement it breached and do not point to any conduct by American Family that would constitute such a breach.

In November 2010, Mariah …