Post-Bombing, Boston Printer's Claim Denied

BOSTON—A Sir Speedy franchise here has found itself in federal court after its insurance company refused to pay a claim on a terrorism clause in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Herald reported.

Sir Speedy Printing of Boylston Street closed for two weeks following the attack and filed a $949,000 claim with its insurance carrier, Public Service Mutual, under its terrorism policy. The carrier refused, however, maintaining that since the attack was never declared an "act of terrorism" by the secretary of treasury, secretary of state and attorney general, it does not owe Sir Speedy any compensation under the terrorism policy.