Our recent Insurable Interest article, “When It Comes To Defence Costs, First Layer Is Usually The Payer”, was quoted in the September 23, 2013 edition of Thompson’s World Insurance News. In this article, Samantha Ip and Cassandra Drake examine a recent Ontario Superior Court decision clarifying the issue of when an excess liability insurer would have an obligation to contribute to defence costs often borne by the insurer at the primary layer.