TRANSAMERICA INS. CO. v. SOUTH

Nos. 91-1769, 91-1882, 91-1908, 91-1909, 91-2546, 91-2547, 91-2548 and 91-2549.

975 F.2d 321 (1992)

TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald M. SOUTH, Roy W. Brunsmann, Walter E. Jones, Kathleen Jones, and Iris L. Hannon, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy S. Richards (argued), Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Gary L. Bement (argued), Nelson, Bement, Stubblefield & Rich, Steven E. Katzman, Robert O. Crego, Katzman, Crego & Wood, Jim Mendillo, Jeffery A. Cain, Freeark, Harvey, Mendillo, Dennis, Wuller & Buser, Belleville, Ill., Floyd E. Crowder, Curtis W. Martin, Crowder & Scoggins, Columbia, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Ronald South, an investment advisor in Belleville, Illinois, purchased an errors and omissions policy from Transamerica Insurance Company (Transamerica). The policy contained a clause excluding coverage for claims arising out of the insolvency of any organization in which Mr. South placed the funds of a client. In 1988, Mr. South encouraged several clients to purchase "risk-free" annuities from First Columbia Life

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