Understanding the difference between objective and subjective data is of utmost importance when handling a claim, said Don Myles, a...
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A new trend has emerged in which coverage counsel are being sued by third parties for aiding and abetting insurer...
Most jurisdictions have adopted equitable subrogation. Plitt & Plitt, Practical Tools for Handling Insurance Cases, § 7:7 (Thomson Reuters 2011)...
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently differentiated between the “entire controversy doctrine” and the doctrine of res judicata in determining...
Insurance companies have the right to challenge and deny claims that are fairly debatable without subjecting themselves to bad faith...
An interesting case recently came before the California Court of Appeals involving an insured’s uninsured motorist (UM) demand for policy...
Courts in the State of Washington always present interesting appellate issues in the bad faith context. One of those interesting...
Acknowledging settlement demands in a timely fashion and documenting trial activity are just two ways to avoid bad faith litigation...
The Defense Research Institute (DRI) Insurance Law Committee Insurance 101 series will return this summer. This is a series of...
A Massachusetts judge has ordered AIG Inc. to pay at least $7 million to a Wellesley man injured after he...