Unfair Insurance Practices Act News

Conn. Supreme: Litigation Privilege Protects Insurer’s False Statements from Bad Faith Suit

False statements that Liberty Mutual made while preparing for a lawsuit relating to an underinsured motorist claim are protected by the litigation privilege and cannot be used to prove bad faith, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in a decision published …

California Insurance Commissioner’s Authority to Regulate Insurers’ Homeowners RC Estimates

On January 23, 2017, the California Supreme Court ruled that the insurance Commissioner of that state was given the power by the legislature to specify what factors must be covered by replacement cost estimate tools used by insurers in connection …