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Month: June 2019

VIOLATION OF FAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES REGULATIONS

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Jun

VIOLATION OF FAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES REGULATIONS

Evidence that insurance company violated these regulation is admissible to prove bad faith. Jordan v....

ABUSIVE TACTICS

An insurer may not attempt or threaten to rescind the policy where there are no...

UNREASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF COVERAGE

Plainly unreasonable interpretation of coverage led to punitive damages in Amadeo v. Principal Mutual Life...

UNREASONABLY FILING LAWSUIT AGAINST INSURED

Hillenbrand, Inc v. Ins. Co. of North America, 102 Cal. App. 4th 584 (2002).

UNREASONABLY DEMANDING THAT POLICYHOLDER CONTRIBUTE TO A SETTLEMENT

Coe v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., 66 Cal. App. 3d 981 (1977); Shade...

UNREASONABLE (“LOW BALL”) SETTLEMENT OFFERS

Clayton United Servs. Auto Ass’n, 54 Cal. App. 4th 1158 (1997)(insurance company offered $10,000 on...

DUTY TO SETTLE

24
Jun

DUTY TO SETTLE

The insurance company has a duty to make good faith efforts to negotiate towards a...

WRONGFUL REFUSAL TO DEFEND THIRD PARTY CLAIM

Pershing Park Villas v. United Pacific Ins. Co., 219 F. 3d 895 (9th Cir. 2000);...

DUTY TO DISCLOSE COVERAGE

California Code of Regulations section 2695.4 requires an insurer to disclose all benefits, coverages or...

DUTY TO INVESTIGATE

An insurer cannot deny payments to its insured without conducting a thorough investigation. Egan v....