Meta’s insurers win child harm defense battle in Delaware court

Hartford Casualty Insurance Company filed suit in Delaware on November 1, 2024, seeking a declaration that it owed Meta nothing. Hartford had issued primary coverage to “The Face Book, Inc.” between 2004 and 2007. Sentinel Insurance Company, which covered “Instagram a/k/a Burbn, Inc.” from 2011 to 2012, joined as co-plaintiff. Several Chubb entities also participated, including Federal Insurance Company, which covered Facebook from 2007 to 2016, and ACE Property and Casualty Insurance Company, which issued umbrella policies to Meta as recently as 2023. More than a dozen other insurers were drawn into the case as well.