ACE Property & Casualty Insurance sued eBay, former CEO Devin Wenig, former communications chief Steve Wymer, and former operations SVP Wendy Jones in federal court on November 12 to avoid covering the $55.7 million settlement with EcommerceBytes publishers Ina and David Steiner. The July settlement ended the Steiners’ civil suit over a 2019 campaign in which eBay security staff threatened them online, sent disturbing packages to their home, and stalked them. ACE argues the harassment was intentional and excluded from its $50 million umbrella policy, citing Wenig’s 2019 instruction to Wymer to “take her down.” The insurer also says eBay and the executives negotiated and signed the deal without sharing its terms or getting ACE’s consent, and it’s seeking damages for breach of contract.
